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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, 



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FOR THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR 



PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 



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UNITED STATES. 



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. PROCEEDINGS 

OF THE 

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, 



HELD 

AT BALTIMORE, JUNE 1—5, 1852. 



TUESDAY, June 1 ; 1852. 

The delegates elect to the Democratic National Convention assembled 
in the hall of the Maryland Institute, in Baltimore, which had been pre- 
pared for their reception by a Committee of Arrangements appoinied by 
the democrats of Baltimore, to whom the convention were indebted, 
throughout the session, for their voluntary contributions and untiring 
exertions, through their committees and the persons employed by them, 
for the accommodations which were furnished, to the fullest extent, in the 
most liberal and convenient manner possible, for so large an assemblage. 
Neither pains nor expense were spared by the people of Baltimore to pro- 
mote the comfort and facilitate the proceedings of the convention. The 
delegation of each State was attended by pages from the public schools, 
who had volunteered their services. 

At 12 o'clock precisely, Hon. B. F. Hallett, of Massachusetts, took 
the chair, and said : 

Gentlemefi Delegates elect to the Democratic National Convention : It has 
been assigned to me, as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 
appointed by the last convention, to call this convention to order. Is it 
your pleasure that the convention do now come to order? 

Cries of "aye!" "aye!" 

Mr. Hallett. Gentlemen, I am requested by the Committee of Ar- 
rangements, who have provided this hall for us, to state that their ne- 
cessities have required that they should so arrange the seats upon this 
platform as to correspond, for each State, to the number of its electoral 
members in the electoral college ; and they request, as a means of for- 
warding the order and deliberations of this convention, and arriving at 
that result of harmony and co-operation which we so earnestly desire, 
that those States whose delegates are here in larger numbers than their 
congressional votes, will have the kindness to make a selection, or desig- 
nation, in such manner as to leave upon the platform the number of per- 
sons corresponding to their electoral votes ; and those who exceed that 
number, whether as delegates or alternates, will be accommodated with 
seats below the platform. The members of the State conventions, and 
those who are not delegates, except those who have been assigned seats 
upon this platform, are also requested to take their seats below. 



Gentlemen, if you will give me your attention, 1 will proceed, as a 
matter of form, to read the call which was made for this convention. It 
is as follows : 

To the Democratic Party throughout the Union, 

Washington^ January 1, 1852. 

A concentration of opinion from all the States, as far as practicable, 
upon some time and place for holding the next National Democratic Con- 
vention, is indispensable to the union and organization of the party for 
the presidential canvass of 1852. 

With this view the " Democratic National Committee," consisting of 
one from each State, appointed by the Democratic National Convention 
of 1848, "to promote the democratic cause,' 7 and with the power to fill 
vacancies, assembled in this city, in pursuance of a well-considered call 
for that purpose ; at which meeting, on the 29th and 30th of December, 
1851, and the 1st of January, 1852, the thirty-one States of the Union 
were represented. And, upon conference with democratic members of 
Congress, and consulting the action of State conventions, as far as they 
have expressed any wishes on the subject, the committee, with entire 
unanimity, have arrived at a conclusion, which they respectfully submit 
for your ratification. 

The Democratic National Committee accordingly recommend that a 
convention of the democratic party throughout the Union 7 by delegates 
duly appointed by the democrats of the several States, be held in the city 
of Baltimore, on Tuesday, the first day of June, 1852, (at 12m.,) to nom- 
inate candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, to 
be supported by the democratic party at the election on Tuesday, the 2d 
day of November, 1S52. 

The national convention of 1848 adopted the following recommenda- 
tion as to the number of delegates to be chosen in each State : 

"Resolved That it be recommended that hereafter each State be entitled to as many delegates 
in future Democratic National Conventions as it has in the electoral college, and no r»ore." 

By order of the Democratic National Committee. 

B. F. HALLETT, Chairman. 
W. F. Ritchie and R. H. Stanton, Secretaries. 

Gentlemen, in pursuance of this call, you are now assembled from all 
parts and sections of this vast country, and the organization of this con- 
vention, and the object for which it has come together, is now before you 7 
to take such action as you may think proper. That object is to restore 
the democratic party to power, and, with it, to bring back concord be- 
tween the different sections of the Union ; and I only desire to suggest 
to you that, as members of this great convention, meeting one another in 
this spirit and for this purpose, we resolve that we will stand here together, 
and sustain the position that the party, whose representatives we are, now 
occupies before the people, and which the result of this convention will 
consummate — of the union of the democratic party throughout the Union , 
to preserve and maintain the Union. 

It now only remains for me, in this preliminary capacity, to call for 
the nomination of a president, pro tern., to preside over you in your 



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Mr. Bright, of Indiana, nominated, as chairman for the temporary 
organization of this convention, General Romulus M. Saunders, of North 
Carolina. 

The question upon the nomination for chairman, pro tern., was then 
taken, and General Romulus M. Saunders declared to be chosen for that 
office. 

General Saunders was then conducted to the chair by Mr. Bright, of 
Indiana. 

Mr. Saunders expressed his thanks for the honor which had been 
conferred upon him by the representatives of the democracy of the United 
States, in selecting him to preside temporarily over the convention. He 
was the more proud of the honor because those by whom it was conferred 
came from every part of this vast republic, and represented the democracy 
of this Union, extending from Maine to the Capes of Florida, and to the 
rich shores of Texas and California. He flattered himself that nothing 
would, or could, occur to disturb that harmony, order, and concert of 
action so necessary and important to the successful progress of democratic 
measures. He hoped that the convention would be united, that there 
would be no division among them, and that they might thus set an 
example to be followed elsewhere; for union alone was necessary for their 
success in the future. He was under the impression, however, that the 
course he had indicated would be pursued, and that that degree of order 
would be preserved which was absolutely necessary to the success and 
prosecution of the business of the convention, feeling well assured him- 
self that if he exhibited any deficiency as presiding officer it would be 
supplied by the superior intelligence of the convention. He concluded 
by saying that he was prepared to receive any motion which might be 
necessary for the temporary organization of the body. 

Mr. Edward C. West, of New York, Mr. S. C. Pavatt, of Ten- 
nessee, Mr. E. Barksdale, of Mississippi, and Mr. Willtam Stewart, 
of Indiana, were severally appointed temporary secretaries. 

At the request of the president, pro tern, j the Rev. J. Campbell White, 
rector of St. Andrew's episcopal church, Baltimore, then addressed the 
Throne of Grace in prayer : 

Infinite and Eternal Jehovah, the father of light and the fountain of all wisdom, from whom 
all gifts descend — all blessings flow ; without whom no good aim or object can prosper or 
succeed, give unto this assembly thy countenance and support, and put into the hearts of this 
people a fervent desire to maintain and advance the true liberty of this our common country. 

Give them a right judgment in all their actions— divorce them from all selfish ambition and 
sectional prejudices — take away from them all things that may prevent and hinder their perfect 
union — remove from them all jealousies, strifes and contentions, and unite them in the Arm 
and unwavering purpose of seeking only to crown the altar of our liberty with glorious blos- 
soms of new light and power. 

Grant that no unhappy discord may be harbored here, but that this assembly, gathered from 
the remotest points of our favored land, may convene here as a band of brothers — replete with 
wisdom — humble, even on the summit of our national prosperity — dead to every voice but 
that of virtue, patriotism and love — and seeking only to shape the lot of this bright and 
luminous republic in accordance with thy holy laws. 

Guide and bless this council. Direct, control and prosper all their deliberations for the best 
good of our land. May they seek to please none but thee, and may no power divert them 
from their aim. 

Keep before them the truth, that as Solomon took it as an evident proof that she did not bear 
a mother's affection to her child which yielded to have it cut in divers parts, so will the world 
at large question the patriotism of him who suffers the storm of passion to drown h>is interest 
in the union of our beloved country. 

Grant, Sacred Father, that the plenteous streams of mercy and of love may descend upon 
thk convention — and thai the errand with which it is charged may be fulfilled and crowned 



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with si vint! their brightest expectations. And so may our country's cause advance 

until every column in the temple of freedom shall be wreathed with amaranthine flowers, and* 
every corner of oar land become an altar to thy praise and glory. 
All of which we beg in the name of our blessed Redeemer. Amen. 

Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, then submitted the following resolution, 
which was agreed to : 

Resolved, That a committee of one person from each State, to be selected by the delegates 
thereof,' be appointed to select the permanent officers of this convention. 

Under the above resolution the respective delegations selected the fol- 
lowing gentlemen to act as the 

COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION. 

Maine — W. C. Allen. Alabama — J. W. Bridges. 

New Hampshire — J. R. Redding. Mississippi — Jacob Thompson* 

Vermont — Lucius B. Peck. Louisiana — W. G. Kendall. 

Massachusetts — Caleb Cushing. Ohio — Win. Kennon. 

Rhode Island — Philip Allen, jr. Kentucky— G. W.Stevenson. 

Connecticut — J. T. Pratt. Tennessee — J. K. Howard. 

New York — Zadoc Pratt. Indiana — Finley Bigger. 

New Jersey — Samuel Westcott. Illinois— Thomas L. Harris. 

Pennsylvania — H. B. Wright. Missouri — Montgomery Blair. 

Delaware — A. P. Shannon. Arkansas — N. B. Burrow. 

Maryland — Hugh Ely. Michigan — J. H. Harmon. 

Virginia — Henry A. Wise. Florida — David L. Yulee. 

North Carolina — Robert P. Dick. Iowa — W. F. Coolbaugh. 

South Carolina — Wisconsin — J. A. Bryan. 

Georgia — Joseph Sturgis, J. H. Texas — W. P. Duval. 

Lumpkin. California — Chas. Loring. 
Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania, submitted the following resolution r 

Resolved, That all persons, except delegates, alternates, and reporters of the public press, be 
excluded from the platform of this hall. 

Mr. W. remarked that he had been informed by the committee who 
had this subject in charge that the platform was abundantly large to 
accommodate the delegations, alternates, and reporters of the press 
present. 

Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, moved to strike out of the resolution the word 
alternates. 

On motion of Mr. Ward, of New York, the resolution of Mr. Wright 
was then laid on the table, for the purpose of enabling him to offer the 
following resolution : 

Resolved, That a committee of one delegate from each State be selected by the delegations 
thereof, who shall examine and report upon the credentials of members of this convention. 

The resolution was agreed to and the committee selected. The State 
of Georgia, having two sets of delegates present, declined to appoint a 
member on the committee, and gave notice that each set of delegates had 
appointed one of its members to advocate before the committee their 
claims to recognition. 

The following are the 

COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. 

Maine — Thos. D. Jones. Massachusetts — Isaac Davis. 

New Hampshire— Edmund Burke. Rhode Island— AY. B. Lawrence, 
Vermont — Isaac Bowdin. Connecticut — J. W. Stedman. 



New York — J. W. Nye. Kentucky — W. A. Hogue . 

New Jersey — J. C. Potts. Indiana— Alex. F. Morrison. 

Pennsylvania — Isaac P. Flanaken. Illinois — S. S. Hays. 

Delaware — A. H. Wickersham. Missouri — R. F. Lakeman. 

Maryland — Jarvis Spencer. Arkansas — S. C. Roane. 

Virginia — W. C. Floumoy. Michigan — Alex. W. Buel. 
North Carolina — AbramC.Rencher. Florida — Chas. Byrn. 

Alabama — John M. Malone. Texas — Mathias Ward. 

Mississippi — Wm. Mc Willie. Iowa — S. S. Carpenter. 

Louisiana — John McVey. Wisconsin — H.C.Hobart. 

Ohio — A. G. Thurman. California — W. H. Richardson. 
Tennessee— E. W. M. King. 

Mr. Burrow, of Arkansas, offered the following resolution: 

Resolved, That the Committee on Organization be instructed to report rules for the govern 
ment of this convention, and that, in the meantime, the rules of the last convention be th 
rules of this body. 

Adopted. 

On motion of Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, the convention adjourned to 5 
o'clock, p. m. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 

The convention met, and was called to order by the President, pro tern. 
Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, chairman of the Committee on Organ- 
ization, submitted the following report: 

REPORT ON ORGANIZATION. 

The committee appointed to report officers for the permanent organiza- 
tion of the convention and rules for its government, make the following 
report: 

For President. 

Hon. John W. Davis, of Indiana. 

For Vice Presidents. 

John Irwin, of Alabama. John B. Nevit, of Mississippi. 

Samuel C. Roane, of Arkansas. B. A. James, of Missouri. 

Henry A. Lyons, California. Samuel Tilton, of N. Hampshire. 

James T. Pratt, of Connecticut. David S. Craig, of New Jersey. 

Charles Wright, of Delaware. Zadoc Pratt, of New York. 

John Branch, of Florida. Weldon N. Edwards, of N. Carolina. 

Joseph Day, of Georgia. William Medill, of Ohio. 

James B. Foley, of Indiana. David Lynch, of Pennsylvania. 

Doct. Chas. Johnson, of Illinois. Welcome B. Sayles, of R. Island. 

George Gillaspy, of Iowa. , of South Carolina. 

Levi Tyler, of Kentucky. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee. 

Emile La Sere, of Louisiana. Ashbel Smith, of Texas. 

Amos M. Roberts, of Maine. David A. Smalley, of Vermont. 

Edward Lloyd, of Maryland. Charles Yancey, of Virginia. 

Henry H. Childs, of Mass. Nelson Dewey, of Wisconsin. 
Elon Farnsworth, of Michigan. 



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Secretaries. 

E. C. West ; of New York. L. Y. Lusk, of Louisiana. 

S. C. Pavatt, of Tennessee. S. H. Ayer, of New Hampshire. 

E. Barksdale, of Mississippi. O. S. Dewey, of North Carolina. 
William Stewart, of Indiana. Saml. D.Patterson, of Pennsylvania. 

F. Crittenden, of Connecticut. C. Pryor, of Virginia. 

W. A. Hacker, of Illinois. David Noggle, of Wisconsin. 

E. B. Bartlett, of Kentucky. 

The committee also reported the following resolutions on rules, which 
were adopted : 

1. Resolved, That the rules of the House of Representatives, as far as applicable for the gov- 
ernment of the convention, be adopted as the rules of this convention. 

2. Resolved, That two-thirds of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to a 
nomination of candidates for president and vice-president of the United States by this convention . 

3. Resolved, That, in voting upon any question which may arise in the proceedings of this 
convention, the votes shall be taken by States, at the request of any one State, each State to be 
entitled to the number of votes to which said State is entitled in the next electoral college, 
without regard to the number of delegates in attendance, the manner in which said vote is to 
be cast to be decided by the delegation of each State for itself. 

Mr. Creighton, of Ohio, moved to reconsider the vote by which the 
second resolution reported by the Committee on Organization was 
adopted. 
A motion was made to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. 
On demand of the State of Maryland, the question was taken by States, 
and the vote resulted as follows : 

Yeas. — Maine, 8 ; New Hampshire, 5 ; Vermont, 6 ; Massachusetts, 13; 
Rhode Island, 4 ; Connecticut, 6 ; New York, 31 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Penn- 
sylvania, 27 ; Delaware, 3 ; Maryland, 8 ; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 
10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 7 ; 
Kentucky, 12 ; Tennessee, 12; Indiana, 13; Illinois, 11 ; Missouri, 9 ; 
Arkansas, 4; Michigan, 6 ; Florida, 3 ; Texas, 4; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 
5 ; California, 4— total 269. 

Nays.— New York, 3 ; Ohio,* 10— total, 13. 
The report of the Committee on Organization was then adopted. 
On motion, a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Stevenson, of 
Kentucky, Wise, of Virginia, and Thompson, of Mississippi, were ap- 
pointed to wait upon the president and vice presidents elect, inform them 
of their election, and conduct them to their seats; which duty was per- 
formed by the committee. 

The Hon. John W. Davis, on taking the chair, addressed the con- 
vention, as follows: 

Gentlemen of the convention : I return you my sincere and cordial 
acknowledgments for the honor you have conferred upon me in calling 
me to preside over your deliberations. Although not altogether unused 
to the duties of the chair, I approach it on this occasion with great 
doubt as to my success in presiding over so large an assembly. I ask 
you, by way of assisting me to discharge the arduous duties and respon- 
sibilities of the situation, to bear in mind that good old maxim, that 
« order is Heaven's first law." I shall call largely for your forbearance; 
may I not say I shall ask even more ? I shall ask you to exercise that 
higher Christian virtue called " forgiveness," not only towards the chair, 



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but towards each other. I ask also, and I conjure you, as fellow-demo- 
crats, embarked in the great cause of democracy — I conjure you by all the 
obligations that rest upon us as a party — that you will cultivate harmony, 
conciliation, compromise — " everything for principles, nothing for men." 

Mr. Kettlewell, of Baltimore, chairman of the citizens' committee 
of reception, &c, stated that the committee selected by the democrats of 
Baltimore to provide accommodations for the convention, found it difficult 
to insure the observance of the necessary regulations, or to explain them 
to the delegates, that committee having no voice in the convention. He 
therefore requested, on behalf of the committee of citizens, that a com- 
mittee of five members of the convention be appointed to co-operate with 
that committee in arranging and designating the seats for members, the 
mode of admission to the hall, and in preserving the order of members in 
entering and taking their seats; which request having been complied with, 

The president appointed, as such committee, Mr. Hallett, of Massachu- 
setts,. Mr. Angell, of New York, Mr. Van Dyke, of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Sayles, of Rhode Island, and Mr. Welsh, of Virginia. 

A motion was made that the convention adjourn to 10 o'clock, a. m., 
to-morrow. 

Mr. Rantoul, of Massachusetts, desired to make a correction in the 
journal with regard to the vote upon the two-thirds rule; but the motion 
to adjourn not being withdrawn, he said he would do so in the morning. 

The question being then taken upon the motion to adjourn, it was 
agreed to. 

And thereupon, at 7 o'clock, the convention adjourned. 



SECOND DAY— Wednesday morning, June 2, 1852. 

At 10 o'clock the President called the convention to order. The 
reading of the journal was dispensed with. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. 
Plummer, of Pennsylvania. 

B. B. French, esq., at the request of the President, took his place as 
one of the secretaries: 

The President announced that the presentation of reports from the 
several committees was the first business in order. 

Mr. Burrow, of Arkansas, offered the following resolutions: 

Resolved, That a committee of one from each State be appointed to report the resolutions 
composing the Baltimore platform. 

Resolved, That the member from each State, on said committee, be named by the delegation 
of the State from which he shall be taken, and that said committee have power to elect their 
chairman from their own body, or the body of the convention. 

Mr. Charlick, of New York, moved to amend by striking out " one 
member from each State," and inserting " two." 

Mr. Brown, of Tennessee, offered the following resolution in lieu of 
the resolutions offered by Mr. Burrow, to wit: 

JResolved, That a committee of one from each State be appointed, to whom all resolutions in 
relation to the creed or platform of the democratic party shall be referred on presentation, 
without debate. 

The question recurring on Mr. Charlick's amendment, 
Mr. Burrow moved to lay the resolution and amendments on the table; 
which motion prevailed. 



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Mr. Borden, of Indiana, moved that a committee of one from each 
State be appointed to report persons to constitute the democratic national 
committee. Adopted, nem. con. 

Mr Phillips, of Alabama, offered the following resolutions, to wit : 

Whereas, the several acts passed by the thirty-first Congress, known as the compromise 
acts, though received with disfavor by large portions of the people of the southern and south- 
western States, has been acquiesced in by the people of those States, in the determination to 
abide by them rather than to hazard the peace and harmony of the Union : 

And whereas, also the act passed at the same session, amendatory of the act of 1793, 
respecting "fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters," 
constitutes an essential part of that series of measures which has been submitted to the 
country as an " adjustment" or "final settlement" of the slavery agitation : Therefore — 

Resolved, That the act herein referred to, and known as the fugitive-slave act, is clothed 
with the highest sanctions, and that good faith, as well as legal obligations, demand its 
full and faithful execution. 

Resolved, That the national democratic party is based upon the equality and prosperity 
of the States and the perpetuity of their Union ; it will therefore sternly resist all measures 
which tend to impair the one or destroy the other. 

Mr. Sturgis, of Georgia, moved that these- resolutions be laid on the 
table, and ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day 
for to-morrow ; which was disagreed to. 

Mr. Charlick, of New York, offered the following amendment: 

Resolved, That it is the duty of the federal government, so far as its power extends, to 
secure to each section of the confederacy the undisturbed enjoyment of its constitutional 
rights, and that a rigid and faithful enforcement of the act passed on the 18th of Septem- 
ber, A. D. 1850, providing for the reclamation of fugitives from labor, is indispensably 
necessary to the perpetuity of the Union ; that all attempts to impair its efficacy or weaken 
its guarantees, should be discountenanced and resisted by every well-wisher of the republic. 

But before any question was taken, 

Mr. Brown, of Tennessee, moved to take up the resolutions of Mr. 
Burrow, of Arkansas; which motion was agreed to. 

Mr. Hogue, of Illinois, moved the previous question; which motion 
was seconded, and 

The convention voted that the main question should now be put. 

And the question recurring on Mr. Charlick's amendment, it was. 
rejected. 

The question was then taken on striking out the original resolution of 
Mr. Burrow and inserting the resolution of Mr. Brown, which was carried 
in the affirmative. 

Mr. Brown's resolution was then adopted. 

Mr. Bright, of Indiana, moved the following resolutions; which- were 
referred to the Committee on the Platform. 

Resolved, That the democratic party of the Union, faithful now, as in times past, to the 
compacts of the federal constitution, regard it as a primary duty to abide by the series of 
measures known as the Compromise, and will deprecate any attempt to impair their effi- 
cacy, as tending to weaken the bonds of our national Union. 

Resolved, That the fugitive-slave law, being in strict accordance to the requirements of 
the constitution, its execution and maintenance are demanded as an act of justice to the 
States and people of the South, and as a guarantee to all the sections of our beloved country 
that the constitutional rights of none shall ever be impaired. 

Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, moved to adjourn until 4 o'clock, p. m. 
Motions were also made to adjourn till 5 and till 3 o'clock this evening. 

The President stated the question to be upon the longest time first. 

The question being then taken upon the motion to adjourn till 5 o'clock, 
it was rejected. 

The question then recurred upon the motion to adjourn till 4 o'clock. 

Mr. Hallett said that if the convention will adjourn till 5 o'clock this 



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evening, we can arrange the platform so as to accommodate all the dele 
gates to this convention. The carpenters are here, ready to go to work 
now, and the arrangements can all be completed by 5 o'clock. 

The President stated, that in consequence of that statement, he would 
put the question again upon the motion to adjourn till 5 o'clock this 
evening. 

The question being taken upon the adjournment till 5 o'clock this 
evening, it was agreed to ; 

And the convention accordingly adjourned. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 

The convention met at 5 7 p. m. 

Mr. Hallett, of Massachusetts, from the Committee of Superintend- 
ance, reported, that by the arrangements now made in the hall, there was 
room for sixteen hundred persons within the area of the floor occupied by 
the convention. That the chairman of each delegation had been pro- 
vided with tickets of admission for the number he claimed for his delega- 
tion, which number, as reported by the members of the Committee on 
Credentials for the respective States, amounted to 695, for which seats 
were provided ; being an excess of 306 over the electoral votes of the States 
represented. There had also been every possible effort made to accom- 
modate the public press,, and that sixty two tables and seats had been 
provided for reporters. 

Mr. H. further stated that the staging from which the seats had been 
removed would furnish sufficient space, without the bar, to accommodate 
members of Congress and of the Maryland Legislature who might desire 
to be present ; and he therefore moved that tickets of admission be issued 
to members of Congress present, and the members of the Maryland Legis- 
lature then in the city, entitling them to seats on the upper floor, which 
has been reserved for that purpose ; which motion was lost. 

- committee on resolutions. 

The following members of the Committee on Resolutions were reported 
by the delegates of the several States : 

Maine — D. W. Bradley. Louisiana — Pierre Soule. 

New Hampshire — C. G. Atherton. Ohio— Geo. W. Manypenny. 

Vermont — D. A. Smalley. Kentucky — J. W. Stevenson. 

Massachusetts — B. F. Hallett. Tennessee — Aaron V. Brown. 

Rhode Island — Philip Allen, ji. Indiana — Robert Dale Owen. 

Connecticut — William P. Burrall. Illinois — J. T. Hoge. 

New York — Henry C. Murphy. Missouri — T. R. Cornick. 

New Jersey — J. T. Crowell. Arkansas — N. B. Barrow. 

Pennsylvania — Andrew H. Reeder. Michigan — C. E. Stewart. 

Delaware — William T. Osborne. Florida — Jesse Cole. 

Maryland — Hiram McCullough. Texas — R. Scurry. 

Virginia— Shelton F. Leake. Iowa — P. B. Bradley. 

North Carolina — D. K. McRae. Wisconsin — Nelson Dewy. 

Alabama — B. Phillips. California — E. D. Hammond. 
Mississippi — John D. Freeman. 



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Mr. Dugro, of New York, sent to the Chair the following resolution, 
which was read ; and referred to the Committee on the Platform. 

Resolved. That, in our opinion, the public domain belongs to the people of the United States, 
and that Congress has the power to dispose of it for the benefit of the people. 

We therefore believe that it would be conducive to the common welfare of the Union, and 
to the interest of the government, that limited portions of the public lands should be allotted to 
every actual settler upon them, to be inalienably enjoyed. 

Mr. Nabors, of Mississippi, offered the following resolution : 

Resolved, That this convention will not go into the nomination of candidates for President 
and Vice President until the platform of the party is laid down. 

Which, after some debate, was withdrawn by the mover. 

Mr. Wise, of Virginia, renewed the resolution of Mr. Nabors. 

Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, moved to lay said resolution on the 
table. 

The State of Kentucky demanded the vote by States, which was 
ordered, and the vote resulted as follows : 

Yeas.— Maine, 8 ; New Hampshire, 5 ; Vermont, 6 ; Massachusetts, 13 ; 
Rhode Island, 4 ; Connecticut, 6 ; New York, 24 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 6, Ohio, 17; Ten- 
nessee, 12 ; Illinois, 12 3 Michigan, 6 3 Florida, 3 ; Iowa, 4 ; Wisconsin, 
5— total, 155. 

Nays. — New York, 11 ; Pennsylvania, 27 ; Virginia, 15 ; North Caro- 
lina, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Ohio, 5 ; Kentucky, 12 ; Indiana, 13 ; Missouri, 
9 ; Arkansas, 4 ; Texas, 4 ; California, 4— total, 111. 

So the motion to lay on the table prevailed 

Mr. Burke, of New Hampshire, chairman of the Committee on Cre- 
dentials, in behalf of that committee, submitted the following 

REPORT. 

The Committee on Credentials beg leave to report : 

That they have attended to the duty assigned them, and find that all the 
States of the Union are represented in this convention by delegations 
duly elected by the several States or districts thereof, with the exception 
of South Carolina ; full lists of which delegations are appended to, and 
made a part of, this report. 

That there were contesting claimants for the seats of the entire dele- 
gation from the State of Georgia, from the third district in the State of 
Slaine, from the second district in the State of Massachusetts, and from 
the first district in the State of Vermont. 

That from the State of Georgia the following gentlemen, belonging to 
the State rights portion of the democracy of that State, appeared and 
claimed the seats to which that State is entitled in this convention, on 
the ground that they more fully represented the democratic organization 
of that State, viz : 

Solomon Cohen, R. B. Hilton, W. S. Moore, Joseph Sturgis, Charles 
J. Mannerlyn, Alexander C. Morton, S. T. Bailey, N. Bass, David J. 
Bailey, Obadiah Horner, Thomas M. Griffin, A. K. Patton, W. H. Stiles, 
E. S. Hopping, George Kellogg, Joseph Day, W. W. Higgins, James S. 
Hook, Herschel V. Johnson, James Gardner, jr., William Schley, jr. 

And the following gentlemen, professing to represent that portion of 
the democracy belonging to the late "Union" party of that State, ap- 



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peared and claimed seats in this convention, on the ground that they 
were entitled to represent the State of Georgia, viz : 

John H. Lumpkin, Richard D. Arnold, John W. Anderson, John E. 
Wood, Marshall J. Wellborne, William Taylor, William H. Hull, James 
Jackson, Arthur Hood, Henry H. Jones, James W. Armstrong, Luther 
J. Glenn, Thomas D. Harris, George D. Rice, Thomas P. Safford, 
Augustus H. Kenan, Josiah T. Irving, jr , John Milledge, C. B. Well- 
borne, John W. H. Underwood, John S. Rowland, Lewis Tumlin. 

That, after duly hearing the contestants on each side, the committee 
adopted the following resolutions in relation to the rights of the respective 
contestants, viz : [Which resolutions, after having been verbally amended 
by the chairman, upon suggestion of members from both sets of delegates, 
by general consent read as follows :] 

Resolved, That the democratic delegates from Georgia, represented by Mr. Cohen, consisting 
of twenty-one members, are the organized representatives from the democracy of Georgia, 
and are therefore admitted to their seats. 

Resolved, That the delegates represented by Mr. Jackson, seventeen in number, are democrats 
in principle, and reflect the sentiment of a portion of the democracy of Georgia, and that they 
be admitted to seats in the convention, and that said delegation, thus united, cast the vote of 
the State. 

In accordance with which resolutions the committee report the names 
of both contesting delegations, as entitled to seats under the qualifications 
set forth in said resolutions. 

In relation to the contested seat from the third district in the State of 
Maine, the committee report that the names of the contestants are J. G. 
Dickinson and George B. Moore, and that, after hearing the said contest- 
ing parties, the committee decided that George B. Moore is entitled to a 
seat in this convention as the duly elected delegate from said district. 

In relation to the contested seat from the second district in the State of 
Massachusetts, the committee report that N. J. Lord and Robert Rantoul, 
jr., are the contestants, and that, after hearing the contesting parties, the 
committee decided that N. J. Lord is entitled to a seat in this convention 
as the duly elected delegate from said district. 

The committee. further state that a motion was made to admit George 
W. Dike, as the substitute of Mr. Rantoul, which was rejected on the 
ground that the decision of the committee against the principal involved 
the rejection of the substitute. 

In relation to the contested seat from the first district in the State of 
Vermont, the committee report that the names of the contestants are 
Merritt Clarke and Mr. Cain, and that, after hearing the contesting 
parties, the committee decided that Merritt Clarke is entitled to a seat in 
this convention as the duly elected delegate from said district. 

In relation to the State of South Carolina, the committee report that a 
document was presented to the committee purporting to be the proceed- 
ings of certain citizens of said State and members of the democratic 
party, fifty in number, appointing Gen. James M. Commander a delegate 
to this convention, and authorizing him to give such vote or votes in the 
selection of candidates for President and Vice President of the United 
States as the signeis of said paper would be entitled to. As it did not 
appear that the signers of the document appointing Gen. Commander a 
delegate to this convention represented any district or State organization 
of the democratic party of South Carolina; the committee decided that 



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said paper was not such a document as entitled Gen. Commander to a 
seat in this convention. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

EDMUND BURKE, 

Chairman. 

Mr. Nye, of New York, from a minority of the Committee on Creden- 
tials, submitted the following report concerning the contested seat of the 
delegate from district No. 2, Massachusetts. It appears — 

1st. That November 20, 1851, the democratic convention for said dis- 
trict met at South Danvers. One hundred and sixty delegates, repre- 
senting the democracy of the different towns, were present. They voted 
by ballot. On the first ballot, R. Rintoul, jr., was unanimously chosen 
delegate. 

This fact appears by the proceedings of said convention, attested by 
the signatures of W. C. Prescott, president, and Charles J. Thorndike 
and James M. Sargent, secretaries j which document is admitted to be 
genuine. 

2d. The above convention was called as a convention of the democratic 
party, by the democratic district committee, appointed unanimously, Oc- 
tober 8, 1850, at a regular convention of the whole party — admitted to be 
so by the contesting party , in its printed statement. 

The regularity of this convention is admitted in the following extract 
from the statement presented by Mr. Lord: 

" At the district convention in October, 1850, the Hon. Robert Ran- 
toul, jr., was nominated as the candidate of the democratic party, and 
accepted the nomination. At the same time, according to the usage of 
the party in this State, a district committee was chosen, whose duty it 
was to call all future conventions of the party, whenever such conven- 
tions should become necessary, during the time of their continuance in 
office." 

3d. N. J. Lord was chosen by a party first organized under a call, in 
May, 1851, to those democrats "opposed to the election of Robert Ran- 
toul, jr., to Congress," as appears by the following notice, issued at that 
time for the organization of a party on special principles: 

" Democratic convention. — The democratic electors of congressional 
district No. 2, who are in favor of the compromise measures of the late 
Congress and opposed to the further agitation of the slavery question, and 
who are therefore opposed to the election of Robert Rantoul, jr., or Charles 
W. Upham to Congress, are requested to send delegates to a convention 
to be held at the town hall, in Salem, on the 19th instant, at 10 \ o'clock, 
a. m., for the purpose of nominating a democratic candidate. 

" Each town is requested to send three delegates for each representa- 
tive said town is entitled to send to the legislature." 

This call was signed by several gentlemen, but by no committee pre- 
viously appointed. 

4th. Under this call a meeting assembled on the 19th of May, and or- 
ganized a new party. The relative numbers of the old democratic party 
and those who thus assumed to organize a new party, as cast at the next 



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preceding election, on the 7th of April, 1851; in the election for Congress 
in that district, was as follows, omitting the whig party vote: 

R. Rantoul, jr. - - - 3,151 

N. J. Lord .--. 48 
B. F. Browne - - 152 

Samuel E. Sewall, (free-soil) - 1,775 

The number of democrats, it will be seen, who voted for Mr. Rantoul 
was 3,151. The number of democrats who voted against him was 200. 
The democratic delegates to this convention from the State of Massa- 
chusetts, whose seats are not disputed, have had this subject under con- 
sideration, and acted upon it, as appears from the following record of their 
proceedings: 

"At a meeting of the delegation from Massachusetts, it was voted that 
Messrs. Whitney and Ackley be a committee to ascertain if there is any 
contested seat in this delegation; and if so, to confer with the contestors, 
and propose to them to refer the respective claims to this delegation, to 
report thereon to the Committee on Credentials, or to receive any other 
proposition for adjusting said contest. 

"Attest: R. FROTHINGHAM, jr., 

" Secretary ." 
The undersigned committee appointed by the foregoing vote, respect- 
fully submit the following report, to wit: The right to a seat in the con- 
vention of the Hon. Robert Rantoul, jr., delegate from district No. 2, will 
be contested by N. G. Lord, esq. As a committee we waited upon each 
of the claimants, and make report that we could suggest no arrangement 
that would satisfy both parties. If we understand the question, the claim 
of Mr. Lord grows out of the alleged private opinions of Mr. Rantoul, and 
in our opinion cannot affect the rights of the democratic party in congres- 
sional district No. 2, to be represented by the delegate of their own choice 
at the Baltimore convention. We therefore recommend that the seat in* 
district No. 2 be given to the Hon. Robert Rantoul, jr. 

x JAMES S. WHITNEY, 

A. S. ACKLEY, 
Baltimore, June 1, 1852. Committee, 

The undersigned consider these facts to be established: 

1. That Robert Rantoul, jr., was chosen a delegate by the democratic 
convention assembled in pursuance of the regular call of the democratic 
committee of the district, in accordance with the uniform usage of the 
democratic party in that district. 

2. That N. J. Lord was chosen by a body of democrats irregularly or- 
ganized upon special and personal grounds. 

And the undersigned submit as a substitute that the following resolu- 
tion be adopted by the convention, instead of the proposition recommended 
by a majority of the committee: 

Resolved, That Robert Rantoul, jr., be admitted to a seat in this convention, to represent the 
2d congressional district of Massachusetts. 



Mr. Nye offered the following resolution: 

Resolved, That so much of the report of the 
es to the 2d district of Massachusetts, anc 
d the consideration thereof be deferred unl 

Pending the question on which; 



Resolved, That so much of the report of the majority of the Committee on Credentials as re- 
lates to the 2d district of Massachusetts, and the report of the minority thereon, be printed, 
and the consideration thereof be deferred until morning. 



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Mr. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, by unanimous consent, moved that 
that portion of the report of the Committee on Credentials relating to Ten- 
nessee be recommitted. Mr. Johnson stated as his reasons for his motion, 
that since the delegation of Tennessee have arrived here, and since they 
have taken their seats in this convention, telegraphic despatches have been 
forwarded from Nashville apprizing us of the appointment of three other 
gentlemen-, whose votes may control the entire action of the delegation. 
We knew nothing of this till since the convention met. I therefore move 
that so much of the majority report as relates to Tennessee be recom- 
mitted to the Committee on Credentials for their examination, as I have 
no doubt all the facts were not before them before. 

No objection being made, that portion of the report in relation to Ten- 
nessee was recommitted. 

The question recurred upon the resolution postponing the further con- 
sideration of the contested seat of the second district of Massachusetts, till 
to-morrow. 

Mr. C. G. Greene, of Massachusetts, chairman of the delegation from 
that State, rose to a question of privilege. - He said that he was instructed 
by a majority of the Massachusetts delegation to ask for the correction of 
a statement in the minority report of the Committee on Credentials, con- 
cerning the second district, and the alleged action of the Massachusetts 
delegation thereon, which statement was not correct. It is asserted in 
the minority report, that the delegation of Massachusetts appointed a com- 
mittee from their own number to investigate the claims of the contestors 
of the seat of the second district, who were to report their decision upon 
the subject to the Committee on Credentials. Now. no such action was 
taken by the Massachusetts delegation. It was known that there were 
two gentlemen here claiming to represent district number two. The 
delegation from Massachusetts were anxious, if it were possible, to econo- 
mise the time of this convention by settling their own disputes by them- 
selves. For that purpose they appointed a committee, consisting of two 
gentlemen, to confer with the two contestants, and inquire of them if 
they were willing to submit their individual claim to the delegation of 
Massachusetts, and abide by the decision of that delegation. The com- 
mitte performed that duty, and reported that one of the contestants re- 
fused to submit his claim in that way, and there the matter ended. But 
by the minority report we find that the committee who were appointed 
simply to confer with these contestants and report to the Massachusetts dele- 
gation, did confer with them, and then made their report to the Committee 
on Credentials. I believe the motion has been made to print that report. 
I ask, on behalf of a majority of the Massachusetts delegation, before that 
motion is carried, that the report be corrected to accord with the facts. 

Gen. Nye, of New York. The only evidence I have to offer of the 
truthfulness of that report is the signatures of the Massachusetts com- 
mittee. I will state the authority conferred upon that committee by the 
Massachusetts delegation: (i At a meeting of the delegation of Massachu- 
setts it was voted that Messrs. Whitney and Ackley be a committee to 
ascertain if there is any contested seat in the delegation; and if so, to 
confer with the contestors, and propose to them to refer their respective 
claims to the delegation to report thereon to the Committee on Creden- 
tials, or receive any other proposition for adjusting said contest. Attest: 
R. Frothingham, jr., secretary. " 






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That is the authority upon which the statement in the minority report 
is based. And I would say that if that authority is to be received, no 
other construction can be placed upon it. I hope that the report will 
stand as it is until it comes up for discussion, and then, if it is untruthful 
in any way, the scrutiny of the gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr. 
Greene,] and his colleagues, can detect it and have it corrected. I hope it 
will not be mutilated now, for it contains the reasons which have gov- 
erned the action of the minority of the Committee on Credentials. I trust 
that the convention will let the minority report stand as it is until it is 
printed. 

Mr. Greene. If I understood the language of the minority report, as 
read by the secretary, it said that the delegation of Massachusetts had 
conceded that the contested seat belonged to Mr. Rantoul. 

Cries of "No, no!" 

Mr. Greene. That inference must be drawn from it. 

Gen. Nye. I did not mean to have it so. 

Mr. Greene. That is the way I understood it. Now we claim that 
the committee who were appointed by the delegation from Massachusetts 
mistook and exceeded their duty. We appointed them to report to us, 
and they have reported to the Committee on Credentials; and upon that 
report the gentlemen who made the minority report based their action. 
Therefore, if their action is based upon an error, I hold that their report 
cannot be correct. 

Mr. Whitney, of Massachusetts. It is due to myself and the delega- 
tion from Massachusetts that I should make a statement, and I will do so 
if the convention will indulge me for a moment. I do not suppose that 
this second district of Massachusetts is to take up much of the time of 
the convention, but I am attacked here on a point of veracity. I drew 
up the report of the Massachusetts committee in the identical language of 
the written document given to me by the clerk of the Massachusetts del- 
egation ; and upon the strength of that document, I reported in precise ac- 
cordance with the authority given to us, and upon which we acted. I 
have no doubt that the Committee on Credentials are abundantly able to 
judge whether we have exceeded our authority, for we reported to them 
not only the result of our action, but the original action of the Massachu- 
setts delegation appointing the committee. I, for one, and I doubt not 
the whole Massachusetts delegation, will defer to the judgment of the 
Committee on Credentials as to whether or not we have exceeded our 
authority. I therefore unite my prayer with the gentleman from New 
York, [Mr. Nye,] that the report of the minority may not be mutilated, 
but, with the identical document as it came from the hands of the clerk 
of the delegation, may be printed, and then not only the committee, but 
every member of this convention, can examine and judge for themselves 
as to whether the Massachusetts committee have exceeded their authority. 

The question being taken upon the motion of Mr. Nye, it was agreed to. 

Mr. Boulware, of Virginia, moved that the twenty-one delegates rep- 
resented by Mr. Cohen, and the seventeen delegates represented by Mr. 
Jackson, constitute the delegation from Georgia in this convention, and 
that they cast the vote of the State accordingly. 

The question then being on concurring in the balance of the report, 
the previous question was demanded, and seconded. 
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The question then being, Shall the main question be now put? 

The State of Kentucky required that the question should be decided 
by States; pending which, the convention adjourned until to-morrow 
morning, at 9 o'clock. 

Adjourned. 

APPENDIX TO SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 

LIST OF DELEGATES PRESENT, WITH THEIR POST OFFICES. 

Maine — 8 votes. 
Amos M. Roberts, Bangor. L. M. Morrill, Augusta. 

A. W. H. Clapp, Portland. Daniel W. Bradley, Bangor. 
Wm. C. Allen, Alfred. Thomas D. Jones, Ellsworth. 
Virgil D. Parris, Parris. George B. Moore, Belfast. 

[8 delegates. 

New Hampshire — 5 votes. 
Charles G. Atherton, Nashua. Samuel H. Ayer, Manchester. 

George W. Kittridge, New Market. Edmund Burke, Newport. 
Saml. Tilton Sanbomton Bridge. John R. Reding, Haverhill. 

[6 delegates. 
Vermont — 5 votes. 

D. A. Smalley, Burlington. H. E. Stoughton, Chester. 

L. B. Peck, Montpelier. Isaac B. Bowdish., S wanton. 

Merritt Clark, West Poultney. [5 delegates. 

Massachusetts — 13 votes. 

Charles G. Greene, Boston. A. H. Bullen, Northampton. 

H. H. Childs, Pittsfield. James S. Whitney, Conway. 

B. F. Halle tt, Boston. Samuel D. Bradford, Worcester. 
N. J. Lord, Salem. Peter H. Pierce, Middieboro'. 
Caleb Cushing, Newburyport. J. D. Thompson, New Bedford. 
Richard Frothingham, Worcester. Isaac Davis, Worcester. 

A. L. Ackley, Worcester. [13 delegates . 

Rhode Island — 4 votes. 

Wm. B. Lawrence, Newport. Welcome B. Sayles, Providence. 

Philip Alien, jr., Providence. Schuyler Fisher, Exeter. 

[4 delegates. 

Connecticut — 6 votes. 

James T. Pratt, Rocky Hill. Jonathan Stoddard, New Haven. 

Wm. P. Burrall, Bridgeport. John W. Stedman, Norwich. 

Ephraim H. Hyde, 2d, Stafford. Frederick Chittenden, N. Melford. 

[6 delegates. 
New York — 35 votes. 
Horatio Seymour, Utica. John P. Beekman, Kinderhook. 

John B. Skinner, Wyoming. J. J. Briggs, Salina. 

Benjamin F. Angel, Genesee. G. N. Conover, New York. 

James Bard, Nqw York. Oliver Charlick, New York. 



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Erastus Corning, Albany. 

W. C. Grain, Warren, Herkimer. 

George Clarke, Cooperstown. 

Anthony Degro, New York. 

P. S.Danforth, Middleburg. 

D. S. Dickinson, Binghampton. 

J. G. Dickie, Buffalo. 

Albert Fox, Jefferson county. 

Walter Geer, Glens Falls. 

$. B. Jewett, Clarkson. 

M. Grover, Angelica. 

W. S. Ingham, Cato 4 Corners. 

Robt. Lottridge, Troy. 

W. T. McCoun, Oyster Bay, L. I. 



H. C. Murphy, Brooklyn. 

D. Moulton, Floyd. 
J. W. Nye, Syracuse. 
Z. Pratt, Prattsville. 

L. B. Shepard, New York. 
H. Sutton, Romulus. 
T. J. Wheeler, Conowango. 
Aaron Ward, Sing-Sing. 

E. C. West, New York. 
O. H. Winfleld, Newburg. 

W. C . Watson, Essex co., N. Y. 

M. R. Wright, Ithaca. 

Luther Wilson, Wilson, Niagara. 

[35 delegates. 



John W. Mickle. Camden 
David S. Craig, Runway. 
Charles S. Garret, Camden. 
Joseph C. Potts , Freetown. 



New Jersey — 7 votes. 



Joseph T. Crowell, Rahway. 
Thomas Lawrence, Hamburg. 
Samuel Westcott, Jersey City. 

[7 delegates. 



Pennsylvania — 27 votes. 
At large* 



Jame* Campbell, Philadelphia. 
S. W. Black j Pittsburg. 



D. R. Porter, Harrisburg. 
J. P. Brawiey, Harrisburg. 



Districts. 



1— Robert Tyler, Philadelphia. 12 

Robert T. "Carter, do. 

2 — Jas, C. Vandyke, do. 13 — 

Chambers IVTKibben, do. 

3— Saml.D. Patterson, do. 14- 

John G. Brenner, do» 

4 — Peter Ram bo, jr., do. 15- 

Isaac Leech, do. 

5 — John B. Sterigere, Norristown. 16- 

Jacob S. Yost, Potts town. 

6 — C. W. Cooper, Cooperstown. 17 — i 

J. W. Wilson, Allentown. 

7 — J. A. Morrison, Cochranville. 18 — 

P. F. Smith, Westchester. 

8 — J. L. Reynolds, Lancaster. 19- 

Wm. Matthoit, do. 

9 — J. Glancey Jones, Reading. 20 — 

Wm. M. Hiester, do. 

10— J. L. Ringwalt, Stroudsburg. 21— 

J. F. Lord, Honesdale. 

11— H. B. Wright, Wilkesbarre. 22— 

S. S. Winchester, Tunchannock. 



Gen. J. Blancling, Wellsboro\ 

C. L. Ward, Towanda. 
A. D. Wilson, Lewistown. 
W. L. Dewart, Sunbury. 
Gen. J. Wledman, Lebanon. 
I. G. McKinley, Harrisburg. 
H. Welsh, York. 
Dr. J. Gerry, Shrewsbury. 
G. W. Brewer, Chambersburg. 
Hon. J. Stewart, Carlisle. 
S. E. Hench, Mifflintown. 
A. S. Wilson, Williamsport. 
R. P. Flenniken, Uniontown. 
I. Hugus, Somerset. 
Hon. Job Mann, Bedford. 
Hnn. J. M.Burrell, Greensburg. 
T. Cunningham, Beaver. 
Wm. Hopkins, Washington. 

D. Lynch, Pittsburg. 
M. J. Stewart, do. 
A. Plumer, Franklin. 
William Kerr, Meadville. 



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23— J. L. Gillis, Ridgeway. 

J. Y. James, Warren. 
24— A. Gilmore, Butler. 

Joseph Clark, Kittaning. 



25 — A. H. Reeder, Easton. 
L. Kidder, Wilkesbarre. 
Wra. H. Lamberton, Armstrong. 
[55 delegates. 



Delaware — 3 votes. 



Henry Hicks, Wilmington. 
F. R. Garden, do. 
Thomas Lamplugh, Newport. 
A. H. Wickersham, Newcastle. 
John Foote, Hundreds. 
A. P. Shannon, Christian. 
N. T. Bouiden, Summit Bridge. 
K. Worrell, Delaware City. 
John Merritt, St. George. 
S. Townsend, Blackbird. 
Charles Wright, Seaford. 

Maryland- 
Hugh Ely, Ellicott's Mills. 
Edward Lloyd, Easton. 
Wm. D. Bowie, Marlborough. 
Jervis Spencer, Hagerstown. 



W. M. Hickman, Lewis. 
C. M. Cullen, Georgetown. 
C. R. Painter, Drawbridge. 
Edward Watson, Lewis. 
N. W. Hickman, do. 
Joseph Lafetra, do. 

George Green, Hencard. 
E. S. Rickard, Georgetown. 
Levin Hitch, Laurel. 
Wm. S. Osborne, Dover. 

[21 delegates. 

-3 VOTES. 

Elias Brown, Marriottsville. 
J. G. Davis, Baltimore. 
Hiram McUulloch, Elkton. 
John Gale, Kingston. 

[8 delegates. 



Virginia — 15 votes. 

1st district — Jesse Hargrave, Sussex Court House. 

Dr. W. Collins, Jerusalem, Southampton county. 

Samuel T. Sawyer, Norfolk City. 
2c? district — Roger A. Pryor, Petersburg. 

General E. P. Scolt, Hicksford, Greensville county. 

Thomas H. Campbell, Nottoway Court House. 

J. Travis Rosser, Petersburg. 
3d district — Richard Logan, Halifax Court House. 

Wm. H: Clarke, do. 

Wm. A. Street, Union Hall, Franklin county. 

N. C. Claiborne, Rocky Mount, Franklin county. 

James L. Claiborne, Danville. 
Ath district — Thomas S. Bocock, Clover Hill, Appomattox county. 

Charles Yancey, Warren, Buckingham county. 

Edmund W. Hubbard, Ca Ira, do. 

Charles H. Lynch, Lynchburg. 

Robert H. Glass, do. 

Wm. C. Flournoy, Farmville. 

S. D. McDearmon, Clover Hill, Appomattox county. 
5th district — Shelton F. Leake, Madison Court House. 

Richard G. Morris, Lynchburg. 

Thomas J. Randolph, Shadwell, Albemarle county. 

Thomas N. Welch, Madison Court House % 
6th district — John Y. Mason, Richmond. 

Joseph K. Pendleton, Louisa Court House. 

Chastain White, Slash Cottage, Hanover county. 

James H. Cox ; Winterpock, Chesterfield. 



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Ithdistrkt — Henry A. Wise, Puancock, Accomac county. 

Win. H. Roy, North End, Matthews county. 

James M. Smith, Northumberland Court House. 
8th district — Eustace Conway, Fredericksburg. 

Wm. Boulware, Aylett's, King William county. 

P. H. Aylett, do. do. 

R. L. Montague, Urbanna, Middlesex county. 

M. R. H. Garnett, Lloyd's, Essex county. 

Charles Mason, Edge Hill, King George County. 

Lyne Shackleford, Richmond Court House. 

R. L. T. Beale, Hague, Westmorland county. 
^th district — John S. Barbour, Culpeper Court House. 

General George Rust, Leesburg, Loudon county. 
• W. W. Payne, Salem, Fauquier county. 

C. H. Hunton, Buckland, Prince William county. 
10th district — Wm. A. Harris, Luray, Page county. 

Robert W. Baylor, Charleston, Jefferson county. 

James P. Riley, Winchester. 
11th district — John S. Calvert, New Market, Shenandoah county. 

Mark Bird, Woodstock, do. 

Derrick Pennybacker, Spartapolis, Rockingham county. 

Jacob D. Williamson, New Market, do. 

James H. Skinner, Staunton, Augusta county. 

Robert G. Bickley, do. do. 

Dr. A. Graham, Lexington. 

Wm. W. McLaughlin, Lexington. 

Dr. A. R. Miem, Shenandoah Court House. 
12th district — General A. A. Chapman, Union, Monroe county. 

General D. B. Layne, Alum Rock, Alleghany county. 

James McDowell, Fincastle. 
13th district — John B. Floyd, Abingdon. 

John M. Daniel, Richmond. 

Fayette McMullen, Rye Cane, Scott county. 
tith district — C. T. Beale, Point Pleasant, Mason county. 

R. A. Thompson, Kanawha Court House. 

T. G. Smith, Parkersburg, Wood county. 

James M. H. Beale, Point Pleasant, Mason county. 

Wm. L. Jackson, St. Mary's post office. 
15th district — Jefferson T. Martin, Beeler's Station, Marshall county. 

Dr. G. A. Cracraft, Triadelphia, Ohio county. 

John Zeigler, Wheeling. 

Andrew Ellison, Wheeling. [69 delegates. 

North Carolina — 10 votes. 

James C. Dobbin, Fayette ville. George Williamson, Yancey ville. 

R. M. Saunders, Raleigh. J. W. Cunningham, Cunningham's 
W. N. Edwards, Ridgeway. Store. 

G. W. Caldwell, Charlotte. C. S. Winstead, Roxboro'. 

W. B. Gulick, Goldsboro'. Abraham Rencher, Hillsboro'. 

John H. Wheeler, Battiesford. W. Venable, Brownsville. 

R. P. Dick, Greensburg. W. W. Holden, Raleigh, 

lessee A. Waugh, Salem. J. S. Battle, Rocky Mount. 



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J. H. Drake, Nashville. 
Wm. A. Jenkins, Warrenton. 
Warner Winslow, Fayette ville. 
John T. Gilmore, do. 

S. J. Person, Jackson. 
Forney George, Whites ville. 
T. S. McDowell, Westbrook. 
Wm. C. Betteneourt, Wilmington, 
D. R. McRae, do. 

Thomas Bunting, Clinton. 
Thomas J. Faison, Springvale. 
Owen R. Kenan, Kenansville. 
David Re id, do. 

John A. Averitt, Catherine Lake. 
Hugh Gilmore, Fayette ville. 



S. A. Holmes, FayetteviH'e\. 
Thomas Ruffin, Galveston. 
O. S. Dewey, Newborn. 
Wm. L. Kennedy, Washington. 
Richard H. Lewis, Greensville. 
S. A. Andrews, Goldsboro\ 
C. W. Crawford, Washington. 
L. J. Johnston, Edenton. 
J. S. Granberry, Woodviile. 
L. D. Starke, Elizabeth City. 
John B. Jones, Currituck C. EL 
James C. Skinner, Hertford. 
Thomas J. Person, Garysburg. 
W. H. Whitehead, Margarettsville. 
[44 delegates. 



Georgia — 10 votes. 

1st district — Solomon Cohen, Savannah. 

R. B. Hilton, Savannah. 

W. S. Moore, Savannah. 
2d district — Joseph Sturgis, Columbus. 

Charles J. Munnerlyn, Bainbridge. 

Alexander C. Morton, Columbus. 
3d districts. T. Baily, Macon. 

N. Bass, Macon. 

David J. Bailey, Jackson. 
4th district — Obadiah Warner, Granville. 

Thomas M. Griffin, Newnan. 
5th district— A. K. Patton, Rome. 

W. H. Stiles, Cartersville. 
6th district— E. S. Hopping, Athens. 

George Kellogg, Mountain. 
7th district — Joseph Day, Tranquilla. 

W. W. Wiggins, Marion. 

James S. Hook, Sandersville. 

Herschell V. Johnston, Milledge ville. 
8th district — James Gardner, jr., Augusta. 

William Schley, jr., Augusta. 



John H. TiUmpkin, Rome. 
Richard D. Arnold, Savannah. 
John E. Ward, Savannah. 
William H.Hull, Athens. 
James Jackson, Monroe. 
Arthur Hood, Milledgeville. 
Henry H. Jones, Riceboro'. 
James W. Armstrong, Macon. 



Thomas D. Harris, Milledgeville., 
George D. Rice, Marietta. 
Thomas P. SarTold, Madison. 
Augustus H. Kenan, Milledgeville. 
John Milledge, Augusta. 
E. W. Chastain, Tacoah. 
John S. Rowland, Cartersville. 
Lewis Tumlin, do. 

[37 delegates. 



Alabama— 9 votes. 



John Erwin, Greensboro'. 
P. Phillips, Mobile. 



W. Fleming, Huntsville. 
Jones M. Withers, Mobile. 



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J. W. Bridges, Camden. 
G. T. Yelverton, Elba. 
George W. Goldsby, Marion. 
Asa Amason, Sumpterville. 
John N. Malone, Athens. 
Wm. L. Bearing, Tuscumbia. 



R. T. Scott, Bellefonte. 
Peyton Rowan, Ashville. 
E. C.Betts, Huntsville. 
J. T. Hefflin, Wedowee. 
E. C. Richards, Lafayette. 

[15 delegates. 



Mississippi — 7 votes. 



Powhattan Ellis, Natchez. 
John B. Nevitt, do. 
William Mc Willie, Thomaston. 
Jacob Thompson, Oxford. 
James Whitfield, Columbus. 

D. M. Fulton, Canton. 
Robert Stanton, Natchez. 
Joseph Mosely, Jackson. 
Stephen Adams, Aberdeen. 
William Barksdale, Columbus. 
R. S. Rayburn, Oakland. 

J. A. Wilcox, Aberdeen. 
George H. Gordon, Woodville. 
J. M. Acker, Aberdeen. 
S. R. Adams, Paulding. 

E. Barksdale, Jackson. 
Saml. Sample, Franklin. 
Robert Josselyn, Jackson. 
John Rayburn, Panola. 
O. E. Hooker, Jackson. 



J. T. Simms, Jackson. 
G. H. Pope, Thomaston. 
R. M. Johnson, Satartia. 
G. M. Reid, Grand Gulf. 
B. D. Nabors, Hickory Flat. 
J. T. Fortson, Aberdeen. 
IT. C. Adams, Tchula. 
J. D. Freeman, Jackson. 
H. F. Middleton, Fort Gibson. 
E. H. Powell, Canton. 
W. M. C. Jones, do. 
Robert Duncan, Fayette. 
W. H. H. Tison, Highland. 
S. C. Keyes, Port Gibson. 
John Duncan, Grenada. 
E. B. Fort, Columbus. 
D. N. Barrows, Jackson. 
J. R. Chalmers, Holly Springs. 
H. L. Martin, Paulding. 

[39 delegates. 



Louisiana — 6 votes. 



N. Soule, New Orleans. 

Gen. C. W. Rowley, do. 
W. G. Kendall, do. 

F. H. Clack, ' do. 

Coi. J. W. Breedlove, do. 
Hon. S. W. Downs, Monroe. 
Hon. Emile Lasere, New Orleans. 
F. H. Masterson, do. 

W. C. Auld, do % 

A. Deslondes, Bonnet Carre. 
Hon. L. St. Martin, New Orleans. 



Hon. Pierre Soule, New Orleans. 

D. Daponte, do. 
J. McVea, Jackson. 

W. H. Wilder, New Orleans. 
L. Y. Lusk, do. 

Arnold Harris, do. 
John V. Wren, Lafayette. 

E, Borland, Ponte a la Hache. 
M. Ryan, Alexandria. 

Hon. A. G. Penn, Covington. 

[21 delegates. 



Ohio — 23 votes. 



Hiram V. Willson, Cuyahoga. 
Geo. W. Manypenny, Muskingum. 
Timothy C. Day, Hamilton. 
Alex. P. Miller, Butler. 
Edwin Smith, Montgomery. 
A. S. Piatt, Logan. 
Robert Gilliland, Van Wert. 
Albert D. Wright, Wood. 



William Howard, Clermont. 
Allen G. Thurman, Ross. 
William Medill, Fairfield. 
Thomas J. Barney, Licking. 
B. W. Kellogg, Ashland. 
Dennis McCarthy, Hocking. 
James M. Gaylord, McConelsville. 
Francis Creighton, Guernsey. 



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William Kennon, Belmont. 
Joseph Burnes, Coshocton. 
George W. McCook, Jefferson. 
David A. Starkweather, Stark. 



William Porter, Newton Falls, 
Daniel P. Rhodes, Cuyahoga. 
Bird B. Chapman, Lorain. 

[23 delegates. 



Kentucky — 12 votes. 



L. S. Trimble, Paduca. 
J. Peters, Perry vi lie. 
A. B. Vaughn, Stanford. 
F. P. Stone, Monticello. 
Thomas G. Grundy, Springfield. 
John Jackson, do. 

W r m. A. Hooe, Harrodsburg. 

C. C. Smedley, do. 
Thomas P. Moore, do. 
James W. Stone, Elizabethtown. 
John P. Martin, Prestonsburg. 
Colbert Cecil, Piketon. 
J. M. Lacky, Prestonsburg. 
A. J. Brown, Lancaster. 
Levi Tyler, Louisville. 
David Meriweather, Frankfort. 

D. R. McNair, Louisville. 
W. G. Wellett, La Grange. 
C.W. Ballard, do. 
Lewis Sanders, Ghent. 
John Harney, Louisville. 
James Guthrie, jr., do. 
Wm. Scandritt, Carrol ton. 

Tennessee — '. 

Edwin Polk, Bolivar. 
A. O. P. Nicholson^ Columbia. 
James Lafferty, Beautenstown. 
A. V. Brown, Nashville. 
Cave Johnson, Clarksville. 
Joseph Pickett, Carthage. 
Lewis Sheppard, Chicamancaga. 
James H. Thomas, Columbia. 
William Church well, Knoxville. 
Thomas K. Chester, Jonesboro'. 
H. H. Stephens, Madisonviile. 
Sam. A. Smith, Charlestown. 
W. T. Helms, Knoxville. 
W. Blackmore, Gallatin. 



Daniel M'Callister, Louisville. 

Alvin Duvall, Georgetown. 

J. C. Brackenridge, Lexington. 

F. McLair, do. 
John Norton, do. 
J. R. Ward, Georgetown. 
James W. Moore, Mount Sterling. 
John C. Mason, Owensville. 
R. H. Stanton, Maysville. 
John Ried, do. 
T. L. Jones, Newport. 
T. G. Tupman, Covington. 
C. J. Helm, Newport. 
J. W. Stevenson, Covington. 
W. A. Moore, Millersburg. 
H. C. Harris, Covington. 
Thomas Rouse, Florence. 
W. H. Slack, Slack's P. O. 
E. B. Bartlett, Covington. 
E. Whitaker, Maysville. 
Robert Wallace, Covington. 
R. B. Carpenter, do. 
J. A. Thompson, Harrodsburg. 

[46 delegates. 

12 VOTES. 

E. Hickman, Nashville. 
John K. Howard, Lebanon. 
J. J. B. Southall, Nashville. 

G. W. Buchanan, Schelly ville. 
W. P. Davis, Lewisburg. 
R. G. Payne, Columbia. 
J. P. Hardwick, Centreville. 
S. C. Pavatt, Camden. 
E. W. M. King, Memphis. 
Wm. H. Carroll, do 
J. G. Turner, Nashville. 
Wm. H. Polk, Columbia. 
R. F. Dunnington, do. 

[2T delegates* 



Indiana — 13 votes. 



J. W. Davis, Carlisle. 
Wm. J. Brown, Indianapolis. 
W. W. McCoy, Laporte. 
M. G. Bright,. Madison. 



R. D. Owen, New Harmony. 
Wm. F. Sherrod, Peolia. 
G. B. Walker, Evansville. 
J. R. Jones, Vincennes-. 



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G. H. Roberts, Newburg. A. M. Puett, Rockville. 

N. Albertson, New Albany. S. W. Norris, Indianapolis. 

A. P. Willard, do. J. G. Davis, Rockville. 

P. M. Kent, do. John Barner, Frankfort. 

C. L. Dunham, Brownstown. H. J. Carter, Indianapolis. 

A. C. Pepper, Rising Sun. Dan. Mace, Lafayette. 

R Sproule, Madison. Wm. R. Bowes, South Bend. 

James B. Foley, Greensburg. H. Dutton, Peru. 

Finley Bigger, Rushville. A. L. Wheeler, Winamac. 

N. Hamilton, Lawrenceburg. James W. Borden, Fort Wayne. 

James Osborn, Liberty. J. L. Robinson, Rushville. 

James Lockhart, Evansville. G. N. Fitch, Logansport. 

C. Raymond, Centreville. Wm. Garver, Nobleville. 
A. F. Morrison, Indianapolis. John W. Dodd, Marion. 
Wm. Stewart, do. Jesse D. Bright, Madison. 

Allen May, do. [39 delegates. 

Illinois — 11 votes. 

S. S. Hayes, Chicago. G. H. Norris, Ottowa. 

L. F. Ross, Lewiston. J. W. Merritt, Salem. 

M. G. Dale, Greenville. S. Parsons, Griggsville. 

D. Turney, Fairfield. J. P. Hogue, Galena. 

C. Johnson, Marshall. T. L. Harris, Petersburg. 

J. Cook, Chicago. [11 delegates. 

Missouri — 9 votes. 

Ferdinand Kennett ; Old Mines. Montgomery Blair, St. Louis. 

Tully R. Cormick. Robert Campbell, do. 

Robert F. Lakenan, Hannibal. Willard P. Hall, St. Joseph's. 
Burton A. James, Ash Grove. [7 delegates. 

Arkansas — 4 votes. 

Sam. C. Roane, Rob Roy. Solon Borland, Hot Springs. 

N. B. Burrow, Pine Bluff. W. K. Sebastian, Helena. 

Robert Johnson, Little Rock. , [5 delegates. 

Michigan — 6 votes. 

At large. 

Hon. Robt. McClelland, Monroe. Hon. Alfred Williams, Pontiac. 

Districts. 

1— Elon Farnsworth, Detroit. 2— Henry S. Mead, Hillsdale. 

J. H. Harmon, do. Mich. A. Patterson, Tecumseh. 

A. W. Buel, do. Abel Whitney, Adriance. 

James Kingsley, Ann Arbor. Jefferson G. Thurber, Monroe. 

Benjamin Follett, Ypsilanti. Henry C. Gilbert, Cold Water. 

A. Harvie, Detroit. C. O. Flynn, Detroit. 

James C. Wood, Jackson. John S. Barry, Constantine. 



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3 — C.E. Stuart, Kalamazoo. 
W. Y. Morrison, Albion. 
T. H. Lyon, Grand Rapids 
Wm. H. Macomber, Niles. 
Frederick Hail, Ionia. 
E. H. Thompson, Flint. 
H. A. Goodyear, Hastings. 



4— C. C. Hascall, Flint. 
Charles P. Bush, Lansing. 



John S. Falkenburg, St. Clair. 
Sheldon McKnight, Detroit. 
John Thomas, Lansing. 
T. F. Broadhead, Detroit. 
Noah H. Hart, Lapeer. 

[30 delegates, 

Florida — 3 votes. 



David L. Yulee, St. Augustine. 
Charles Byrne, Jacksonville. 
C. C. Yonge, Mariana. 
John Branch, Tallahassee. 
Thomas F. King, Key West. 
S. F. Spencer, Appalachicola. 



Gad Humphreys, St. Augustine. 
Jesse Coe, Ocheesee. 
J. G. DehV-Ocolla. 
J. Westcott, Madison. 
M. C. Brown, Key West. 

[11 delegates. 



Texas— 4 votes. 
Thomas J. Rusk, Nacogdoches. J. W. Scott, Houston, 



V. E. Howard, San Antonio. 
R. Scurry, Clarksville. 
Wm. P. Duval, Austin. 
Matthias Ward, Jefferson. 
Thomas B. Howard, Houston. 

Iowa 



O. F. Johnson, Brownsville. 
Ashbel Smith, Harris. 
R. H. Hord, Brownsville. 
H. B. Andrews, Galveston. 

[11 delegates. 



-4 VOTES. 

P. B. Bradley, Andrews. George Gillaspie, Ottoway. 

W. F. Coolbaugh, Burlington. S. S. Carpenter, Bloomfield. 

[4 delegates, 

Wisconsin — 5 votes. 

Nelson Dewey, Lancaster. David Noggle, Jamesville. 

Harrison C. Hobart, Stubaggan. John Delaney, Fort Winnebago. 
John A. Bryan, Milwaukie. [5 delegates, 

California — 4 votes. 

Wm. H. Richardson, Vallejo. Charles Loring, Benicia. 
Henry A. Lines, San Francisco. E, D. Hammond, Vallejo. 

[4 delegates. 

District of Columbia — no vote. 

B. B. French, Washington city. Jas. G. Berrett, Washington city. 
A. W. Miller, " " Daniel Ratcliffe, 
W. D. Wallach, " " J. D. Hoover, 

C. S. Wallach, " « F. McNerhany, 



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[9 delegates. 



Recapitulation. 



Maine, 8 delegates; New Hampshire, 6; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 13; Rhode Island, 4; 
Connecticut, 6; New York, 35; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 55; Delaware, 21; Virginia; 69; 
North Carolina, 44; Georgia, 37; Alabama, 15; Mississippi, 39; Ohio, 23; Kentucky, 46; Ten- 
nessee, 27; Indiana, 39; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 7; Arkansas, 5; Michigan, 30; Florida, 11; 
Texas, 11; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 4; District of Columbia, 9—596 delegates. 



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THIRD DAY— Thursday morning, June 3, 1852. 



At 9 o'clock, a. m., the convention was called to order by the President. 
The journal was read and approved. 

Rev. J. Campbell White, of St. Andrew's church, Baltimore; offered 
up the following prayer: 

Again, O Heavenly Father, we invoke thy blessing upon the deliberations of this assembly. 

As the King of Nations, as the Omniscient God who seeth the end from the beginning, we 
supplicate thy guidance — beseeching thee to give discretion and moderation to this conven- 
tion — that in all its actions it may be governed by thy holy law, and may seek only to glorify 
thee, and to prosper the general good of this much favored people. 

Guide, 0, Gracious Father, each member here in a right selection of one, who, if exalted 
to the presidency, may, like Nehemiah of old, possess that singleness of heart which shall 
dictate a course consistent with the promotion of the public wellfare, and serve to advance 
both civil and religious liberty. 



Permit thy smiles to rest upon this deliberative body ; give to each member here present the 

>y as citizens of a 
ened republic, and let the quickening motives of his every action be to elevate our common 



genuine emotions of fervent gratitude for theblessings which we enjoy as citizens of an enlight- 



country to be a light among the nations. Grant that self-interest and pride may retreat from 
every bosom, and that the stripes and stars of this our nation's boast, being the pledge of 
an inviolable union, may never be shrouded by unhappy discord or loud commotion, but 
may float in glad triumph over this favored land, making freedom to be the handmaid of 
self-sacrifice. 

And this we beg for Christ's sake. Amen. 

The Chair stated that the previous question having been seconded, 
the question was, Shall the main question be now put? — the main ques- 
tion being, first, upon the amendment of the gentleman from Virginia, 
(Mr. Boulware,) and then, upon concurring with the report of the Com- 
mittee on Credentials, excepting the portion relating to the Massachusetts 
delegate, which had been postponed. 

The question being then taken — Shall the main question be put? 
resulted as follows: 

Yeas. — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Is- 
land, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geoigia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, 
Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and 
California— 283. 

Nays. — Massachusetts and Ohio — 6. 

So the main question was ordered to be put. 

Mr. Boulware stated that he had withdrawn his motion. 

Mr. Hall, of Missouri, asked if it would be in order for the mover to 
withdraw it, the main question having been ordered. 

The President. It would not be in order. The Chair will ask the 
gentleman from Virginia whether his motion was withdrawn before the 
previous question was seconded ? 

Mr. Boulware replied in the affirmative. 

The President said, that being the case, there is no question before the 
convention. 

Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, offered a resolution, that the convention 
proceed to the nomination of President and Vice President of the United 
States this afternoon at 4 o'clock. 

Mr. Ward, of New York, moved to amend, by striking out il 4 
o'clock," and inserting " now;" 

Which being postponed by unanimous consent, the convention proceed- 
ed to consider the report of the Committee on Credentials. 



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Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina, moved the previous question on 
the report, which was sustained. 

And the question, Shall the main question now be put? was sus- 
tained. 

The question being on concurring in the report of the Committee on 
Credentials, giving the seat in the 2d district of Massachusetts to N. J. 
Lord, 

Ohio demanded that the vote be by States. 

The vote resulted as follows: 

Yeas. — Maine, 6; New Hampshire, 5; Vermont, 6; Massachusetts, 7; 
Connecticut, 3; New York, 15; Pennsylvania, 14; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; 
Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 6; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 12; Indiana, 13; 
Illinois, 4; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Michigan, 6; Florida, 3; Texas, 4; 
California 4—194. 

Nays. — Maine, 2; Massachusetts, 5; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; 
New York, 20; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 13; Ohio, 23; Illinois, 7; 
Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5 — 83. 

So the report of the majority was concurred in, giving the seat in 
the 2d district of Massachusetts to N. J. Lord, instead of Robert Ran- 
toul, jr. 

Mr. Nye, of New York, having voted in the majority, moved to recon- 
sider the vote just taken. 

Mr. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, moved to lay the motion to recon- 
sider on the table, which was concurred in. 

Mr. Commander, of South Carolina, presented himself and asked to be 
heard in defence of his claims to a seat as a delegate, which was refused. 

Mr. Venable, of North Carolina, moved to reconsider the vote by 
which the report of the Committee on Credentials, so far as it relates to 
South Carolina, was adopted; which motion was rejected. 

The question recurring on the resolution relating to proceeding to 
nomination, Mr. Johnson modified the same by accepting Mr. Ward's 
amendment. 

Mr. McRae, of North Carolina, moved to postpone the consideration 
of the resolution until the Committee on resolutions has reported a plat- 
form. 

Mr. Yulee, of Florida, raised a question of order, on the ground that 
the same question was decided yesterday. 

The Chair decided the motion of Mr. McRae to be in order. * 

Mr. Yulee appealed from the decision of the Chair; but, before the 
vote was taken on the appeal, Mr. McRae withdrew his motion. 

Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, moved the previous question, which was 
seconded, and the main question ordered; 

And the resolution as modified was adopted. 

The Chair announced that the convention would at once proceed to 
the nomination of a candidate for President of the United States : 

BALLOTING FOR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. 

First Ballot. 
For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5 ; New Hampshire, 4 ; Vermont, 5 ; Massa- 
chusetts, 9 ; Rhode Island, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New York, 11 ; New 



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Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6 ; Ohio, 16; Ken- 
tucky, 12; Tennessee, 6; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wis- 
consin, 2 — 116. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15 ; North Carolina, 10 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Missis- 
sippi, 7 ; Tennessee, 6 ; Arkansas, 4—93. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 24—27. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, I ; Massachusetts, 1; Con- 
necticut, 1 ; Ohio, 2 ; Illinois, 11 ; Florida, 2 ; Iowa, 2 — 20. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 2 ; 
Texas, 4—8 

For J. B. Welter— California, 4. 

For Henru Dodge— Wisconsin, 3. 

For William O. Butter— -Ohio, 2. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

No one having two-thirds of the votes, the convention proceeded to the 

Second Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 9; Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 11; New Jersey, 7: 
Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, ^Ten- 
nessee, 6; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2—118. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; Vir- 
ginia, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9, Mississippi, 7; Ohio, 
1; Tennessee, 6; Arkansas, 4; California, 1 — 95. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; Rhode Island, l;New 
York, 24—27. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Massachusetts,!; Con- 
necticut, 1; Ohio, 2; Illinois, 11; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; California, 3 — 23. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut 1; Texas, 4 — 6. 

For Henry Dodge— Wisconsin, 3. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

A question arose among the delegates of Florida as to their rights in 
casting the vote of the State; which was referred to the Committee on 
Credentials. 

The convention then proceeded to the 

Third Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 9; Rhode Island, 3: Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; 
Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Ten- 
nessee, 6; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2— -1 19. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Maryland, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 6; Arkansas, 4; California, 1 — 94. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts; 2j Rhode Island; 1; New 
York; 23-26. 



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For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Con- 
necticut, 1; Ohio, 2; Illinois, 11; Iowa, %\ California; 3 — 21. 

for Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, lj Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 1; 
Texas, 4—7. 

for Henry Dodge — Wisconsin, 3. 

for William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

So no candidate having received the requisite number of votes, 

Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, moved to adjourn, to meet at 5 o'clock, 
p. m. — rejected. 

Mr. Wm. Bakksdale, of Mississippi, offered the following resolution, 
which was rejected : 

Resolved, That if s while the ballot is progressing, any State announces it is not ready, 
the balloting shall be suspended until such State is ready to cast her vote. 

The convention proceeded to the 

Fourth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5 ; New Hampshire, 4 ; Massachusetts, 9 ; 
Rhode Island, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New York, 13 ; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3 ; Maryland, 8 ; Louisiana, 6 ; Ohio, IS ; Kentucky, 12 ; Ten- 
nessee, 6 ; Missouri, 9 ; Michigan, 6 ; Iowa, 2 ; Wisconsin, 2 — 115. 

For James Buchanan—- Maine, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 27 ; 
Virginia, 15 ; North Carolina, 10 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Missis- 
sippi, 7 ; Tennessee, 5 ; California, 1 — 89. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1 ; Vermont, 5 ; Massa- 
chusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; Ohio, 2 ; Tennessee, 1 ; Illinois, 1L ; Ar- 
kansas, 4 ; Iowa, 2 ; California, 3 — 31. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 22—25. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel .Houston— Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 3 Ohio, 1 ; 
Texas, 4—7. 

for Henry Dodge — Wisconsin, 3. 

for William O. Butler— -Ohio, 1. 

fifth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 9; 
Rhode Island, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New York, 12 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Del- 
aware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 17; Kentucky, 12; Ten- 
nessee, 7; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2 — 114, 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3 ; New Hampshire, 1 ; Connecticut, 2 ; 
Pennsylvania, 27; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Ala- 
bama, 9 ; Mississippi, 7 ; Tennessee, 4 ; California, 1—89. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5 ; Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecti- 
cut, 1 ; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1 ; Illinois, 11 ; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2 ; 
Iowa, 2 ; California, 3—34. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 23-26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 j Ohio, 2 ; 
Texas, 4—8. 



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For Henry Dodge — Wisconsin, 3. 
For Daniel S. Dickinson— Florida, 1. 
For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

Sixth Ballot. 

• For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4 ; Massachusetts, 9; 
Rhode Island, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New York, 12 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 17; Kentucky, 12; Ten- 
nessee, 7 ; Missouri, 9 ; Michigan, 6 ; Florida, 2 ; Iowa, 2 ; Wiscon- 
sin 9 2— 114. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; Connecticut, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 27 ; 
Virginia, 15 ; North Carolina, 10 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Missis- 
sippi, 7 ; Tennessee, 4 ; California, 1 — 88 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1 ; Vermont, 5 ; Massa- 
chusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1 ; Illinois, 11 ; Ar- 
kansas, 4 ; Iowa, 2 ; California, 3—32. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 2; 
Texas, 4—8. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

For William O. Butler— Ohio , 1. 

Seventh Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 9 ; 
Rhode Island, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New York, 12 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Del- 
aware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 16; Kentucky, 12; Ten- 
nessee^; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2 — 113. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3 ; Connecticut. 2 ; Pennsylvania, 27 ; 
Virginia, 15 ; North Carolina, 10 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Mississippi, 
7; Tennessee, 4; California, 1 — 88. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1 ; Vermont, 5 ; Massa- 
chusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Ar- 
kansas, 4 ; Florida, 2 ; Iowa, 2 ; California, 3—34. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4—9. 

For Henry Dodge — Wisconsin, 3. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson— Florida, 1. 

For William O . Butler —Ohio , 1. 

Eighth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 9; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 16; Kentucky, 12; Tennes- 
see, 7; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2-— 113. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27 j 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 
7; Tennessee, 4; California, 1 — 88. 



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For Stephen A.Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 
4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; California, 3—34. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; Rhode Island, "1 ; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4-9. 

For Henry Dodge — Wisconsin, 3. 

For William U. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Mr. Sturgis, of Georgia, moved that the Georgia delegation, being 
now admitted to their seats, have the privilege of appointing members on 
the Committees upon Resolutions and Credentials, which was granted; 
and the convention directed them to report their selections to the sev- 
eral committees. 

On motion, the convention adjourned until four o'clock, p. m. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The convention met pursnant to adjournment. 

Mr. McRae, of North Carolina, rose to a question of privilege, and 
stated that some members of his delegation, not having obtained their 
tickets, had found difficulty in entering the hall, and asked the conven- 
tion to take some action on this matter. 

Mr. Hallett, of Massachusetts, chairman of the Committee of the 
Convention to co-operate with the citizens' committee, desired to make 
a report and explanation from that committee, who were charged with the 
order of arrangements, to secure to this convention seats for deliberation 
in this hall. Will the convention have the kindness to give me a few 
moments' attention while I explain this matter to them? 
Cries of " Leave, leave." 
No objection being made, 

Mr. Hallett proceeded. The Committee of Arrangements were in- 
structed to cause tickets to be issued to the delegates of this convention 
only, and we were intrusted with the carrying out of that order. The 
vote of the convention was, that we should enforce that order so that 
none but delegates entitled to seats upon this floor should be admitted, in 
the hope that we might thus make sufficient arrangements to have our 
business here proceed regularly and orderly. In pursuance of that order, 
the committee sat till twelve o'clock last night making their arrange- 
ments. They caused tickets to be issued for the admission of all dele- 
gates, and gave notice to the member from each State who was on the 
Committee on Credentials, that if he would call at Mr. White's office, in 
the front portion of this building, Mr. W. would deliver to him the tickets 
for his delegation. Mr. White has accordingly delivered to the chairman 
of each delegation, or to gentlemen purporting to be such — and I have no 
doubt that they were such chairmen — tickets for all his delegation, and 
for which he, as chairman of such delegation, gave his receipt. Tickets 
were in this way issued for all the members that the chairmen claimed to 
be entitled to seats upon this floor, and it was therefore enjoined upon 
the doorkeeper in this ; the south end of the building, to admit none who 



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had not one of these tickets; otherwise we should be overwhelmed by 
the persons assembled here. 

We assembled here this morning under that arrangement. The presi- 
dent's chair had been changed to a position upon the side of the platform 
here, and seats were given to delegates — some upon the platform, and 
others upon the floor below. That arrangement failed to give satisfac- 
tion to all, and since we met this morning another arrangement has been 
made. We have now come down to a stronger and more substantial 
platform, and have accordingly come upon the floor altogether, leaving 
the platform raised here entirely unoccupied; assigning seats to members 
upon the floor to the number claimed by each chairman of each delega- 
tion to be entitled to seats here, and also to all others holding such rela- 
tions to this convention as will entitle them to seats upon this floor. And 
if gentlemen .will allow me to do so, I will state in what manner we have 
arranged the seats upon this floor. We have placed settees here which 
will give accommodations to six hundred and ninety-five persons, and 
they have been assigned as follows: 



States, 



Maine ; .. 

New Hampshire 

Vermont 

Massachusetts . , 
Rhode Island . . , 
Connecticut . . . , 

New York , 

New Jersey. .. . 
Pennsylvania. . . 

Delaware 

Maryland 

Virginia 

North Carolina., 
South Carolina. 

Georgia 

Alabama 

Mississippi .... 

Louisiana 

Ohio 

Kentucky , 

Tennessee . . » . . 
Indiana ....«.., 

Illinois 

Missouri 

Arkansas 

Michigan. 

Florida 

Texas , 

Iowa 

Wisconsin 

California 

Total 



fcf S 

.'2.3 

o ? o 



8 

7 

7 

18 

5 

6 

49 

25 

55 

21 

8 

94 

36 

1 

38 

15 

36 

21 

23 

45 

25 

39 

27 

9 

5 

30 

12 

11 

7 

5 

8 



695 



O K 



2 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
9 
4 
8 
4 
2 
16 
6 

7 
4 
7 
3 
4 
8 
4 
7 
5 
1 
1 
5 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 



Remarks. 



And one seat with the Maine delegation. 
And one seat with the Iowa delegation* 



And one Seat with Ohio. 
And seven chairs. 



One seat with Georgia. 



Including two seats for Missouri. 
And three seats with Illinois. 



And one seat with Georgia. 
And two seats with Mississippi. 

And one seat with Wisconsin, 



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We have also arranged seats for thirty-one vice presidents, six secreta- 
ries , and forty-two reporters. 

Gentlemen will find upon the backs of the settees the names of the 
respective States to which they are assigned. 

Having performed that duty, we have not undertaken to decide whether 
the alternates are included under the term " delegates" or not. We have 
left that question to be settled by the chairmen of the respective delega- 
tions until the convention can take some order upon the matter. I desire, 
in order that we may be relieved from the embarrassments under which we 
now labor, that this convention would determine, before it adjourns 
to-night, whether alternates are entitled to seats upon this floor or not. 

The Committee of Arrangements had also in charge the question in 
reference to admitting members of Congress and other gentlemen upon 
the floor; but, in consequence of the order in regard to the issuing of 
tickets, we have issued none for that purpose. This platform, which we 
have heretofore been seated upon, is now unoccupied, and I would pro- 
pose that arrangements be made to-night, so that you will to-morrow 
authorize your committee to issue tickets for the admission of members of 
Congress and others, who can occupy that platform. And in order to 
test the sense of the convention, I would now move that the convention 
authorize tickets to be issued to members of Congress, and also members 
of the Maryland State convention, whom the Committee of Arrangements 
for the city of Baltimore, I understand, have invited to attend, and to 
other persons, as the convention may specify. 

The question was then stated to be upon the motion of Mr. Hallett to 
authorize the issuing of tickets to members of Congress and others; and 
the question being taken, the motion was not agreed to. 

Mr. Merriwether, of Kentucky, on leave, introduced the following 
resolutions, which were referred under the rule: 

Resolved, That the Union of the States, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the con- 
stitution, is the ark of our political safety, the only safeguard against foreign aggression and 
internal convulsions ; and v^e look upon him who would break up this Union, either by cause- 
less rebellion, or by a violation of the essential conditions of the compact on which it rests, as 
a traitor, not only to his country, but to mankind. 

Resolved, That it is the imperative duty of Congress to pass such laws as may be necessary 
to the maintenance and enforcement of the essential terms and conditions of the constitution, 
ar.d it is the duty of every State and of every citizen to acquiesce in such laws, and, if need 
be, aid in their execution. 

Resolved, That all powers not delegated by the constitution to the government of the United 
States are reserved to the several States and their people in as full a manner as if the consti- 
tution had never been adopted ; and that in the exercise of their reserved rights the States are 
still as independent of each other as they are of the kingdom of Great Britain, neither 
being responsible for, or having a right to interfere with, the internal institutions or legislation 
of any other, and such interference is as unauthorized and unlawful as the intervention of one 
nation with the internal concerns of another nation wholly independent. 

Resolved, That the Congress of the United States having passed a series of measures 
generally known as the compromise measures, a large portion of which said measures 
having been fully executed, and not being susceptible" of modification or repeal, therefore, 
good faith requires that each and all of said measures shall be maintained and carried into 
full effect. 

The Chair announced that the balloting for a candidate for the nomi- 
nation to the presidency was the regular business in order. 
So the convention proceeded to the 

Ninth Ballot. 
For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 8; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2-, New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 



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ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 17; Kentucky, 12; Tennes- 
see, 5; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa 2; Wisconsin, 3—112. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 4; California, 1 — 87. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 3; Illi- 
nois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 
3—39. 

For William h. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; Rhode Island, 1; New 
York, 23—27. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 2; 
Texas. 4—8. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Tenth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, S; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 17; Kentucky, 12; Tennes- 
see, 4; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 111. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 3; California, 1 — 86. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1; Connecticut, 1 ; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 4; Illi- 
nois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 
3—40. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; Rhode Island, 1; New 
York, 23—27. 

For Joseph Lane — Tennessee, 1; Indiana, 13 — 14. 

For Samudl Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 2; 
Texas, 4—8 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

Eleventh Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 5 ; New Hampshire, 4 ; Massachusetts, 8 ; 
Rhode Island, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New York, 12 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Del- 
aware, 3 ; Maryland, 8 ; Louisiana, 6 ; Ohio, 16 ; Kentucky, 12 ; Ten- 
nessee, 4 ; Michigan, 6 ; Iowa, 2 ; Wisconsin, 3 — 101. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3 ; Connecticut, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 
7; Tennessee, 4; California, 1 — 87. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 4; Tennessee, 4; Il- 
linois, 11 ; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; 
California, 3—50. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; Rhode Island, 1; New 
York, 23-27. 



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For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecticut; 1 j Ohio, 2 ; 
Texas, 4—8. 

For William O Butler— Ohio, 1. 
For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

Twelfth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 4 ; New Hampshire, 4 ; Massachusetts, 8 ; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3 ; Maryland, 8 ; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Tennes- 
see, 4; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 98. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 4; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 4; California, 1 — 88. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; North Carolina, 1 ; Ohio, 5; 
Tennessee, 4; Illinois, 11 ; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 3 — 52. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 23—27. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4—9. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

Thirteenth Ballot. 

For Leiois Cass — Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 8; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 4; Michi- 
gan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 98. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 4 ; Connecticut, 2 ; Penns3dvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15 ; North Carolina, 9 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Mississippi, 
7j Tennessee, 4; California, I — 88. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 5; Tennessee, 4; Il- 
linois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; 
California, 3 — 51. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, -13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Fourteenth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 4 ; New Hampshire, 4 ; Massachusetts, 8 ; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12;. Tennes- 
see, 5; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 99. 



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For James Buchanan — Maine, 4 ; Connecticut, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia* 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 3; California, 1 — 87. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1; Connecticut, 1 ; North Carolina, 1 ; Ohio, 5; Tennessee, 4; Il- 
linois, 1.1; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; 
California, 3 — 51. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; New- 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2 ; Connecticut, 1 ; Ohio, 3 ; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson— Florida, 1. 

Fifteenth Ballot, 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 8; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 
5; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 99. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 4; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 
7; Tennessee, 3; California 1—87. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 1; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 5; Tennessee, 4; Illi- 
nois, U; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 3; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; 
California, 3 — 51. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; Rhode Island, 1; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For Williani O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

Sixteenth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 8; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Ten- 
nessee, 5; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 99. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 4; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 3; California, I — 87. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
• setts, 1; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 5; Tennessee, 4; Illi- 
nois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; 
California, 3 — 51. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; Rhode Island, 1; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 



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For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts; 2; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 
For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Seventeenth Ballot, 

For Lcivis Cass — Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 8; 
Rhode Island, 3; Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Tennes- 
see, 5; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 99. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 4; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi 7; 
Tennessee, 3; California, 1 — 87. 

For Stephen A. Douglas— New Hampshire, 1 ; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 2; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 5; Tennessee, 3; 
Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; oalifor- 
nia, 3—50. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; Rhode Island, 1; New 
York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Connecticut, 1: Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 
4—9. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

On motion, the convention adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 
o'clock. 



FOURTH DAY— Friday morning, June 4, 1S52. 

The convention met at 9 o'clock. 

Rev. Mr. Plummer, of Baltimore, addressed the Throne of Grace. 

Mr. Atherton, of New Hampshire, moved to dispense with the read- 
ing of the journal of yesterday; which motion prevailed, and the reading 
was dispensed with. 

Mr. Burke, of N. H., rose to a privileged question, and, as chairman 
of the Committee on Credentials, made the following report, which was 
concurred in: 

The Committee on Credentials, to whom were referred the questions relating 
to the delegations from the States of Tennessee and Florida, report: 

That, in relation to the contested seats from the State of Tennessee, 
after hearing the several parties contestant, the committee decided that 
the delegation reported as the delegation from that State in the first report 
submitted by the committee to this convention, is the delegation duly 
elected by that State, and the members composing it are entitled to seats 
upon this floor. 

That, in relation to the State of Florida, it appeared that the two dele- 
gates now entitled to seats in this convention as delegates at large, were 



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duly elected as such by a democratic State convention duly notified and 
holden; and that the same convention appointed twelve additional dele- 
gates from the four judicial districts into which the State is divided, ten 
of whom are now in attendance upon this convention. 

That it appears to the committee #iat the two delegates at large were 
intended by said State convention to represent the State in her sovereign 
character, in analogy with her Senators in Congress; and that the ten 
delegates now in attendance upon this convention were intended by said 
convention to represent the congressional districts of Florida; and that if 
they should recognise the principle that a mass delegation from a single 
congressional district should be entitled to the same voice in the delega- 
tion as the delegates at large representing the sovereign power of the 
State, they would lay down a rule by which the voice of a whole State 
might be controlled by a mass delegation from a single district. For in- 
stance, that a mass delegation, in sufficient numbers, from a single dis- 
trict in New York, might vote down the single delegates from all the 
other districts, and thus give the vote of that great State, in violation of 
the most palpable will of the people of the State. The committee could 
recognise no such principle, and therefore, in relation to the question 
touching the right of the individual delegates from the State of Florida to 
vote in this convention, the committee recommend the adoption, by this 
convention, of the following resolution, viz: 

Resolved, That the delegates from a congressional district, whether one or many, have but 
one vote, and each senatorial delegate has one vote. 

The committee further report the following resolution, viz: 

Resolved, That the delegates duly elected by the democracy of the District of Columbia, and 
of the several Territories of the United States, be admitted to seats upon this floor as honorary 
members of this convention. 

All which is respectfully submitted. 

EDMUND BURKE, Chairman. 

The question being on the adoption of the foregoing resolutions, it was 
carried in the affirmative, and they were adopted. 

The Chair announced the next business in order to be the 18th ballot, 
which was taken as follows: 

Eighteenth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 8; 
Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 5; Michigan, 6; 
Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 96. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 2; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 3; California, 1 — 85. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; 
Massachusetts, 1; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; 
Ohio, 5; Tennessee, 3; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; 
Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 3—56. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; New York, 23 — 25. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 



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For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts; 2; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; Ten- 
nessee, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 1 1. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 
For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The Virginia delegation retired to consult, but returned and gave thefr 
vote as before for Mr. Buchanan. 

When Rhode Island was called, 

Mr. Sayles said: Mr. President, I desire, in behalf of the Rhode Island 
delegation, to premise their vote with a single word. Undoubtedly the 
first choice of the democracy of Rhode Island for a candidate for Presi- 
dent is Lewis Cass, of Michigan. In this opinion the delegation are 
united, notwithstanding their vote. But they regard their further vote 
in that direction as unavailing; and feeling that they have discharged 
their duty in that direction to their constituents, to General Cass, their 
favorite candidate, and to themselves, they will now give their united 
vote to him whom they regard as t'he second choice of their constituents,, 
and one who they believe will be highly acceptable to the democracy of 
New England. Rhode Island gives her four votes to Stephen A. Douglas, 
of Illinois. 

The Chairman read the following resolution, handed in by Mr. Merri- 
wether, of Kentucky, and read at his request : 

Resolved, That the Kentucky delegation will, through their chairman, present to the Wash- 
ing National Monument Society fifty dollars, and to the Jackson Monument Association 
fifty dollars, to assist in the completion of those monuments. 

The President requested the chairmen of the delegations of the seve- 
ral States to hand to the secretaries the names of the persons selected by 
the delegates, respectively, to represent them on the Committee on Nomi- 
nations of the National Central Committee. 

The convention then proceeded to the nineteenth ballot, as follows : 

Ninteenth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine. 4; New Hampshire, 4; Massachusetts, 1; 
Connecticut, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 13; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 6; Michigan, 6; 
Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3 — 89 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 2; Connecticut, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; JNorth Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; 
Tennessee, 3; California, 1 — 85. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5; 
Massachusetts, 7; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina, 1; 
Ohio, 6; Tennessee, 3; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 
2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 3 — 63. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Sa?nuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 3; Texas, 4 — 9. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Mr. Brown, of Tennessee, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, 
stated that the committee had agreed on the platform with remarkable 
unanimity. 



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The convention then proceeded to the twentieth ballot; as follows : 

Twentieth Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 1; Connecticut, 2; New Jersey, 7; 
Pennsylvania, 27; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Ala- 
bama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 4; California, 1 — 92. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 1; 
Connecticut. 2; New York, 12; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; 
Ohio, 13; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 5; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 1; Wiscon- 
sin, 3—81. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 1; North Carolina. 1; Ohio, 6; Tennes- 
see, 3; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 3; Wis- 
consin, 2; California, 3 — 64. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 3; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

When the State of Virginia was called, Mr. Barbour, chairman of the 
Virginia delegation, arose and said, that by a resolution of the delegation, 
they had agreed to cast the vote of the State as a unit ; and that a majority 
of the delegates had directed him to cast the whole vote for James Bu- 
chanan. Thereupon, Gov. Floyd, of Virginia, arose, and claimed to 
cast the vote of his district for S. A. Douglas. 

Mr. Philips, of Jilabama, rose to a point of order — that there was 
nothing now before the convention, under the rules of this convention. 

The Chair sustained the point of order raised, and decided that there 
was nothing before the convention. 

Gov. Floyd, of Virginia, moved to suspend the rules of the conven- 
tion, that he may be heard — rules suspended — and Mr. Floyd made an 
explanation, and a discussion ensued, by leave, out of order. 

Mr. McMulliiv, of Virginia, desired to enter his protest against casting 
the entire vote of Virginia for James Buchanan. 

The convention then proceeded to the twenty-first ballot, as follows : 

Twenty-First Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 5; Connecticut, 4; New Jersey, 7; 
Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 3; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 9; Georgia, 
10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5; California, 1 — 102. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; North Carolina, I; Ohio, 6; Tennessee, 3; Illinois, 11; 
Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 3; Wisconsin, 3; Califor- 
nia, 3 — 64. 

For Lewis Cass — New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 
2; New York, 12; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 5; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 13; 
Tennessee, 4; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 1; Wisconsin, 2 — 60. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For William O. Butler —Ohio , 1; Kentucky, 12—13. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 



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For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 3 ; Texas, 4 — 9. 
For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Twenty -second Ballot, 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 4; 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 3; Virginia, 15; North 
Carolina. 9 ; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5 ; 
California, 1—104. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3 ; Yermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; North Carolina, 1; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 7; Tennessee, 6; 
Illinois, 11 ; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 
5; California, 3 — 77. 

For Lewis Cass — New Hampshire, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 
2; New York, 12; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 5; Ohio, 12; Tennessee, 1 ; 
Michigan, 6—43. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For William O. Butler — New Hampshire, 2; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12 
—15. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston -Massachusetts , 2; Ohio, 3; Texas, 4 — 9. 

For Daniel iS. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Twenty-third Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 5 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 2; Virginia, 15; North 
Carolina, 9 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 4 
California, 1—103. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3 ; Vermont, 5 ; Massachusetts, 7 
Rhode Island, 4; North Carolina, 1 ; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 7; Tennessee 
7; Illinois, 11 ; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wiscon 
sin, 5; California, 3 — 78. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; New York, 12 ; 
Delaware, 2; Maryland, 3; Ohio, 12; Michigan, 6—37. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23 — 26. 

For William O. Butler — Maine, 3; Delaware, 1 ; Maryland, 3j Ohio, 
1; Kentucky, 12—20. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2 ; Ohio, 3 ; Tennessee, 1 ; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The Kentucky delegation having retired, on their return voted for W. 
O. Butler. 

Twenty-fourth Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 5; 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 2; Virginia, 15; North 
Carolina, 9; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9 ; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 4; 
California, 1—103. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Maryland, 1 ; North Carolina, 1 ; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 
7; Tennessee, 8; Illinois, 11 ; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; 
Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3—80. 



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For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; New York, 12; 
Maryland, 1; Ohio, 12; Michigan, 6 — 33. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3: New York, 23—26. 

For William O. Butler — New Hampshire, 3; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
4; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12—23. 

For Joseph La,ne — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 3; Texas, 4 — 9. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

Twenty-fifth Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 5; 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1; Virginia, 15; North 
Carolina, 8 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 4 ; 
California, 1—101. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Maryland, 1 ; North Carolina, 2; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 
6; Tennessee, 7; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2 ; 
Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 79. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; New York, 12 ; 
Maryland, 1; Ohio, 13; Michigan, 6—34. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For William O. Butler— New Hampshire, 3; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
5; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12—24. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

Fhr Samuel Houston — Massachusett, 2; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 
4—10. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson— Florida, 1 . 

Mr. Reeder, of Pennsylvania, asked the unanimous consent of the 
convention to introduce the following resolution. The consent was 
given, and the resolution adopted: 

Resolved, That the chairman of each delegation be requested to hand to the chair a list of the 
name, county, and post office of each member of the delegation at the meeting this afternoon, 
and that the same be printed for the use of the convention.* 

The convention then proceeded to the twenty-sixth ballot, as follows: 
Twenty-sixth Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 5; 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1; Virginia, 15; North Car- 
olina, 8; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 4; Califor- 
nia, 1—101. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 3; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; New York, 1 ; Maryland, 1; North Carolina, 2; Loui- 
siana, 6; Ohio, 6; Tennessee, 7; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; 
Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 80. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; New York, 11; 
Maryland, 1; Ohio, 13; xMichigan, 6—33. 

For William, L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23 — 26. 

For William O. Butler — New Hampshire, 3; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
5; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12—24. 

For Joseph Lane —Indiana, 13. 

* For this list see ante, p. 18. 



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For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; 
Texas, 4—10. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The convention then adjourned until 4 o'clock this afternoon. 

AFTERNOON SESSION— 4 o'clock, p. m. 

The convention met, and being called to order by the President, 
Mr. Greene, of Massachusetts, asked the unanimous consent of the 
House to offer the following resolution; which was agreed to: 

Resolved, That the committee appointed to report the Democratic National Committee, also 
report a place for the meeting of the next National Convention, and the mode of constituting 
and calling the same. 

All objections being withdrawn, the question was put on its adoption, 
and carried in the affirmative. 

The convention then proceeded to the twenty-seventh ballot, as follows: 

Twenty-seventh Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 3; 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1; Yirginia, 15; North Car- 
olina, 8; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5; Califor- 
nia, 1—98. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; New York, 1; Maryland, 1; North Car- 
olina, 2; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 6; Tennessee, 7; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; 
Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 85. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; New York, 11; Maryland, 1; Ohio, 
13; Michigan, 6—32. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23 — 26. 

For William O. Butler — New Hampshire, 3; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
5; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12— 24. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 3; Texas, 4 — 9. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

The Virginia delegation had leave to retire; and, after an absence of 
some time, returned, and gave their vote as before. 

Mr. Shelton F. Leake, of Yirginia, moved to suspend the rules for 
the purpose of considering the report of the Committee on Resolutions. 

The President stated that he had been informed that the committee 
were not prepared to report. 

Mr. Leake said that he had understood that the chairman had this 
morning said that they were ready to vote. He knew not what changes 
had been made since last night; but the committee had agreed upon a 
platform last night, and he would stand upon that platform, and abide 
by it. 

Twenty -eighth Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 3; 
New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1; Yirginia, 15; North 
Carolina, 7; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5; 
California, 1 — 96. 



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For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; New York, 1; Maryland, 1; North 
Carolina, 3; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 8; Tennessee, 7; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 
9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 88. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; New York, 11; Maryland, 1; Ohio, 
9; Michigan, 6—28. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For William O. Butler — Maine, 1; New Hampshire. 3; Delaware, 3; 
Maryland, 5; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12—25. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 5; Texas, 4 — 11. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The North Carolina delegation had leave to retire, and on their return 
voted as above. 

Twenty -ninth Ballot. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 7; 
Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 7; Georgia, 
10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5; California, I — 93. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 6; New York, 1; Maryland, 1; North Caro- 
lina, 3; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 8; Tennessee, 7; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; 
Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 91. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; New York, 11; Maryland, 1; Ohio, 
8; Michigan, 6—27. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For William O. Butler — Maine, 1; New Hampshire, 3; Delaware, 3; 
Maryland, 5; Ohio, 1; Kentucky, 12 — 25. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 6; Texas, 4 — 12. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

The Virginia delegation had leave to retire, and on their return voted 
as above. 

Thirtieth Ballot. 

For Stephen A. Douglas— -Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 6; New York, 1; North Carolina, 4; 
Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 9; Tennessee, 7; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 
4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 92. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 7; 
Pennsylvania, 27; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 6; Georgia, 10; Ala- 
bama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5; California, 1 — 91. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; New York, 11; Maryland 8; Ohio, 
7; Michigan, 6—33. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23 — 26. 

For William O. Butler — Maine, 1; New Hampshire, 3; Delaware, 3$ 
Ohio, 1 ; Kentucky, 12—20. 

For Joseph Lane — Indiana, 13. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 6; Texas, 4 — 12. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 



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Thirty-first Ballot. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 1; Vermont, 5 
Massachusetts, 7; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 6; New York, 1 
North Ca.cli ia, 4; Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 7; Tennessee, 1 
Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wiscon- 
sin, 5; California, 3 — 92. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 1; New Jersey, 7; 
Pennsylvania, 27; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 6; Georgia, 10; Ala- 
bama, 9; California, 1 — 83. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; New York, 11; Delaware, 3; 
Maryland, 8; Ohio, 12; Tennessee, 11; Indiana, 13; Michigan, 6 — 65. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23 — 26. 

For William O. Butler — Maine, 1; New Hampshire, 3; Ohio, 1; Ken- 
tucky, 12—17. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 3; Texas, 4 — 9. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The Indiana delegation retired for consultation, and on their return 
gave their vote for Lewis Cass. 

Tennessee then changed her vote to 11 for Cass. 

Thirty second Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 1; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 5; 
Connecticut, 3; New York, 11; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
8; Ohio, 14; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 10; Indiana, 13; Michigan, 6 — 
9S. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 3; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; New York, 1; Mississippi, 7; Louisi- 
ana, 6; Ohio, 6; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; 
Florida, 2; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 3 — 80. 

For James Buchanan— Maine, 2; Pennsylvania, 27; Virginia, 15; 
North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; California, 1 — 74. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 3; New York, 23—26. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 2; Ohio, 2; Texas, 4 — 8. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

The Kentucky delegation having retired when the above vote was de- 
clared, returned and gave their vote for Lewis Cass. 

No choice having been made by the convention, the thirty-third ballot 
was called for. 

The Virginia delegation , upon leave, retired for consultation. 

Mr. Sturgis, of Georgia, moved that the convention adjourn, to meet 
to-morrow at 9 o'clock. , 

The motion was rejected by a decided vote. 

The convention then proceeded to the thirty-third ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows : 

Thirty-third Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 9; 
Connecticut, 3; New York, 11; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 



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8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 7; Indiana, 13; 
Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; California, 2 — 123. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 1; Pennsylvania, 2T; Virginia, 15; 
North Carolina, 6; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Tennessee, 3; Califor- 
nia 1— 72. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; New York, 1; North Carolina, 4; Mis- 
sissippi, 7; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; 
Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 5; California, 1 — 60. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; New York, 23 — 25. 

For Samuel Houston — Massachusetts, 1; Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 6. 

For William, O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

When the name of Missouri was called, 

Mr. said: Missouri did not come to this delegation pledged 

to any man. She came here for the purpose of electing a good democrat 
to the presidency. She came here instructed to vote for General Cass as 
the first choice of Missouri. She adhered to Cass so long as there was 
any chance of his election. The prospect is now brightening, and Mis- 
souri casts her nine votes for General Cass. 

The Louisiana delegation, which had retired for consultation, came 
into the hall and announced that the vote of the State was six votes for 
General Cass. 

The Virginia delegation, which had retired for the purpose of consulta- 
tion, preparatory to the thirty-third ballot, then returned and gave their 
vote, as before, for Mr. Buchanan. 

On motion, the convention adjourned to meet to-morrow morning at 9 
o'clock. 



FIFTH DAY— Saturday morning, June 5, 1852. 

The convention met at 9 o'clock. The Rev. J. C. White opened the 
proceedings with prayer. 

On motion of Mr. Pratt, of New York, the reading of the journal was 
dispensed with. 

Mr. Samuel A. Hill, a delegate elect from Missouri, appeared and took 
his seat as a member of this convention. 

The Chair announced the committee appointed to report on a Demo- 
cratic National Committee, and upon the place and mode of calling and 
constituting the next National Convention, as follows: 

Maine — William C. Allen. Maryland — Jacob B. Davis. 

New Hampshire — C. G. Atherton. Virginia — E.P. Scott. 
Vermont — H. E. Stoughton. N. Carolina — Warren Win slow. 

Massachusetts — B. F. Hallett. Georgia — Samuel T. Bayly. 

Rhode Island — Wm. B. Lawrence. Alabama — Edward C. Betts. 
Connecticut — Ephraim H. Hyde, 2d. Mississippi — E. B. Forte. 
New York — John P. Beekman. Louisiana — W. G. Kendall. 
New Jersey — John W. Mickle. Ohio — Bird B. Chapman. 

Pennsylvania — Adolph. D. Wilson. Kentucky — Dunning R. McNair. 
Delaware — Nath. W.Hickman. Tennessee — Wm. M. Church well. 



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Indiana — James W. Borden. Florida — Gad Humphreys. 

Illinois — John M. Merritt. Texas — James W. Scott. 

Missouri — Samuel A. Hill. Iowa — George Gillespie. 

Arkansas — N. B. Burrow. Wisconsin — John Delany. 

Michigan — John S. Barry. California — Henry Lyon. 

The convention then proceeded to take the thirty-fourth ballot for a 
nomination of a candidate for President — Mr. Irwin, of Alabama, 1st vice 
president, in the chair. 

Thirty-fourth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 10; 
Connecticut, 3; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 
8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 13; 
Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 2 — 130. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts', 1; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; New York, 1; Mississippi, 7; Ohio, 3; 
Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wiscon- 
sin, 2; California, 1 — 53. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 1; Pennsylvania, 27; Georgia, 10; Ala- 
bama, 9; Tennessee, 1; California, 1 — 49. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 2; New York, 22; North 
Carolina, 9—33. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Virginia, 15: Florida, 1 — 16. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

INCIDENTS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH BALLOT. 

Before the result of the ballot was announced, Maryland, the eleventh 
State in the order upon the roll, having been called, 

Mr. Jervis Spencer, of that State, rose and said : It is the desire of 
Maryland, as I am sure it is the wish of the convention and of the 
counry, that we should bring the deliberations of this convention to a 
result to-day. The eyes of this nation are anxiously upon us. The 
public pulse is feverish. We were told yesterday that the chairman 
of the Committee on Resolutions was ready to present the platform. 
We want a leader to stand upon that platform, and unfurl the banner 
inscribed with our principles. Where is the democratic principle of com- 
promise ? If gentlemen hold with such tenacity to their candidates, when 
shall we have a result? Maryland has stood here to vindicate General 
Cass, but she has shown a spirit of compromise, and she has afforded 
every candidate a chance. With the same spirit elsewhere, in twenty- 
five minutes they can make a nomination which will be honorable to 
the convention and to the democratic party. He then announced the vote 
of Maryland for Lewis Cass. 

Virginia, the next State to Maryland on the roll, being called, had re- 
tired on leave to consult, and on returning to their seats the delegation, 
by their chairman, [Mr. Barbour,] announced that Virginia casts her fifteen 
votes for Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York. 

Mr. Dickinson, a member of the delegation from New York, arose, 
and leave being granted, addressed the convention as follows, declining 
the nomination: 



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Mr. D. said: I came not here to speak ; but I should be much more or 
much less than human if I could sit here under these circumstances and 
be silent, or if I could rise to address the convention on this occasion 
without the very deepest emotion. I came not here for myself. I came 
as the servant of others, clothed with a high responsibility, which it is my 
highest duty to discharge. I came here not with instructions, but with a 
spontaneous feeling of expectation, stronger and deeper than instructions, 
that I would vote for, and use every honorable exertion to procure, the 
nomination for President of the United States of Lewis Cass, of Michigan. 

[Mr. D. was here interrupted by the applause following this declara- 
tion, and by numerous bouquets thrown from the ladies' gallery towards 
the speaker.] 

Sir, my life has been one of trial and vicissitude. I have been clothed 
with the highest honors that the sovereignty of my State can confer. I have 
seen the time when I have been covered with scoffs and reviling. But, amid 
all the varying scenes of my life, I have never felt myself in a position of 
trial like this. But shall I hesitate? Shall I doubt? Shall I waver? 
No, Mr. President. My duty is plain and clear. Never has mortal man, 
in my opinion, had the honors proffered him that I have had. From the 
time when I took my seat in this convention, against my own express 
request, men who never knew me, except by reputation, and who never 
saw me, unless they saw me here — men from a far-distant State — have 
cast a single vote for me, like the widow's mite into the treasury. Sir, 
I feel proud of that vote. I shall cherish it with my latest breath, as a 
rose-bud in the wreath of political destiny. But, sir, also against my 
express request, what do we see now ? The land of Presidents, the 
ancient Dominion, has come here and laid down her highest honors 
at my feet. Sir, Virginia is the land of chivalry, the land of gen- 
erosity, the land of high and noble impulses, the land that of all others 
would be the most willing to rescue me from anything that could stain 
me with the least imputation. Virginia would not ask me to take the 
nomination under such circumstances. As a compliment of the highest 
character, I shall cherish it to my latest breath. As a compliment un- 
sought, and brought to me against my own wishes, it is the more valued. 
But when they see that I cannot accept a nomination here without incur- 
ring the imputation of unfaithfully executing the trust which my con- 
stituents have confided in me — without doing violence to my sense of 
propriety — without turning my back upon my old and honored friend, 
who expects me to stand tbrth for him here, as I do stand forth — can they 
expect me to accept it? Let me say to my southern friends whom I have 
met here, that I go home a wiser, if not a better man. I have met them 
here, and it has given me an assurance, an abiding faith, that 

" Truth crushed to earth, will rise again." 

May I not invoke my southern friends, when they see I cannot accept 
the nomination, that they will not ask me to do it? May I not invoke 
the Old Dominion, by all the history of the past, by the rich fruition of 
the present, by the great and abundant promises of the future, to come 
and stay up my hands, and to go with me for the nomination of Lewis 
Cass? They have said he was unacceptable to them. Range the coun- 
try over, can you find a single individual that is acceptable to us all ? 
Where can you find a man, in the whole list of candidates, upon whom 



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criticism cannot be passed ? Every one can say something in regard to 
each candidate that will show him to be unacceptable. But I may say 
to them — 

" Go, wiser thou, and in thy scale of sense 
Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; 
Call imperfection that thou fanciest such : 
Say, here he gives too little, there too much." 

Mr. President, may it be a long time before we all come here in favor of 
one man. With so many stars in the galaxy of great men, we shall 
always be divided. But let us compromise and have concession. 1 ten- 
der my most sincere thanks to the convention. I tender my choicest 
offering to the Old Dominion of Virginia, to my other southern friends, 
and to every State in the Union, for the good temper which has prevailed 
during this convention. I ask them not to ask me to depart from the 
line of my integrity here, in the circumstances in which I am placed. 
Help me to perform my duty. My spirit is willing, and my flesh is not 
weak. I will not swerve from it. The highest temptation that can be 
offered me will not induce me to do it. Will you forgive me, fellow-citi- 
zens, for having detained you on account of the position in which I am 
placed . 

Mr. Shelton F. Leake, of Virginia, said, that fifty years ago it had 
been well said, by Nathaniel Macon, that the presidency was neither to 
be sought nor declined; and the very fact that the gentleman from New 
York did not intrigue for the presidency, and had not forced himself upon 
them, was the highest argument in his favor. 

The result of the thirty-fourth ballot was then announced to be: For 
Cass, 130; Douglas, 53; Buchanan, 49; Marcy, 33; Dickinson, 16; 
Houston, 5; Butler, 1. 

The convention then proceeded to the 

THIRTY-FIFTH BALLOT, AND ITS INCIDENTS. 

When the State of Rhode Island was called, 

Mr. Sayles, of that State, said that it might well be expected, from 
what he stated yesterday, that, in changing her vote to-day, Rhode Island 
would cast her four votes for her first choice, General Lewis Cass, of 
Michigan. 

When the State of Mississippi was called, 

Mr. Jacob Thompson, of that State, said : Mississippi came here with an 
anxious desire to harmonize the democracy of the whole country. She 
came here with an anxious desire to take some distinguished northern 
statesman, and make him the Chief Magistrate of this Union. We now 
desire on this occasion — and our whole course has been dictated but by 
that one object -to get some acceptable man who can bear our standard 
in triumph through the coming election. In this spirit we have gone for 
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; but our northern friends have not 
come to us. We do not expect to give a barren vote. We expect to bear 
the man we vote for into the White House at Washington. And, sir, we 
have given our vote for another distinguished man of the North. Now,, 
sir, we come again to make a peace-offerings It is fbr a distinguished 
statesman — noble in all his acts, distinguished as an executive officer above 
any other man belonging to the democratic party — a man whom we can 
bear through in triumph. Mississippi casts her seven votes for William 
L. Marcy, of New York. 



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The State of Georgia being called, 

Mr. Morton, of that State, announced its vote as ten for Stephen A. 
Douglas. 

Mr. Jackson, on behalf of the Union democracy of Georgia, protested 
against the vote as not expressing the voice of the people who sent that 
portion of the delegation here. 

Mr. Morton said that he was a Union democrat of Georgia, and the 
vote given expressed the opinion of a large portion of that State. 

Mr. Jackson said that the gentleman was on both delegations — the 
Union and the State-rights. 

[The vole of Georgia was then recorded as announced.] 

The State of Virginia being called, (the delegation of that State having 
retired for consultation,) came into the hall; and 

Judge Barbour stated that he had been instructed by his delegation to 
cast the fifteen votes of Virginia for Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 

This was the first vote of a State cast for General Pierce. 

The result of the thirty-fifth ballot was then announced, as follows: 

Thirty-fifth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Maine, 2; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 7; 
Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Dela- 
ware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, IS; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 
9; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; Cali- 
fornia, 2 — 131. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Maine, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; 
Connecticut, 3; New York, 1; Georgia, 10; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illi- 
nois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; California 
1—52. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 5; New York, 22; North Car- 
olina, 10; Mississippi, 7 — 44. 

For James Buchanan — Maine, 1; Pennsylvania, 27; Alabama, 9; Ten- 
nessee, 1; California, 1 — 39. 

For FrankMn Pierce — Virginia, 15. 

For Samuel S. Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, I. 

The convention then proceeded to the thirty-sixth ballot, as follows t 
Thirty-sixth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 6; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; 
New York, 12; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; 
Ohio, IS; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 8; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michi- 
gan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 2 — 122. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 6; Connecticut, 3;- New York, 
22; North Carolina, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 1 — 58. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Georgia, 10; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 
2, Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 2; California, I — 43. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Virginia, 15; 
Tennessee, 2—30. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; California, 1 — 28. 



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For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William 0. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

When the State of Maine was called, the chairman of that delegation 
(Mr. Parris) rose and said, that the desire of Maine was the union and 
harmony of the democratic party; and, in the hope of consummating this 
desire, Maine cast her vote for that distinguished statesman and brave 
soldier, General Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. [Great applause.] 

When Alabama was called, 

The chairman of the delegation from that State said, that in conse- 
quence of the vote of Mississippi, he had been instructed to give the nine 
electoral votes of Alabama also for William L. Marcy. 

The convention then proceeded to the thirty-seventh ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows; 

Thirty-seventh Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass— Massachusetts, 5; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 3; 
New York, 10; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; 
Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michi- 
gan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 2 — 120. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 6; Connecticut, 3; New York, 
24; North Carolina, 10; Georgia. 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Ten- 
nessee, 1 — 70. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 1 — 34. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 1-, 
Virginia, 15—29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; California, 1 — 28. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

In this ballot Georgia cast her vote for William L. Marcy. 
The convention then proceeded to the thirty-eighth ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows: 

Thirty-eighth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Massachusetts, 1; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, lj 
New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Ken- 
tucky, 12; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 2—107. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 10; Connecticut, 5; New 
York, 24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; 
Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 2 — 84. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts; 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2; California, 1 — 33. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 
1; Virginia, 15—29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; California, 1 — 28. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 5. 



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For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 
For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The convention then proceeded to the thirty-ninth ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows: 

Thirty-ninth Ballot, 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 4; New York, 10; Delaware; 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 
13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 3—106. 

For William L. Marcy— Massachusetts, 11; Connecticut, 6; New 
York, 24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; 
Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 1 — 85. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; 
Wisconsin, 2—33. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts,!; 
Virginia, 15—29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; California, 1 — 28. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William G. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel 8. Dickinson — -Florida, 1. 

On this ballot Connecticut gave her whole vote for William L. Marcy. 

The convention then proceeded to the fortieth ballot, which resulted as 
follows: 

Fortieth Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 4; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 
13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 107. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11 ; Connecticut, 6; New York, 
24; New Jersey. 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mis- 
sissippi, 7; Tennessee, 1 — 85. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; 
Wisconsin, 2—33. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, I; 
Virginia, 15—29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The convention then proceeded to the forty-first ballot, which resulted 
as follows: 

Forty-first Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 4; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 
13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 107. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11 ; Connecticut, 6; New York, 
24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10, Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mis- 
sissippi, 7; Tennessee, 1 — 85. 



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For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Olrio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; 
Wisconsin, 2 — 33. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire , 5; Massachusetts, \% 
Virginia, 15 — 29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William, O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The convention then proceeded to the forty-second ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows: 

Forty-second Ballot, 

For Lewis Cass— Rhode Island, 2; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 5; Indiana, 
13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 101. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Connec- 
ticut, 6; New York, 24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 
10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5 — 91. 

For Stephen A. Douglas— Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, I ; New York, 1; 
Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2- 7 Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; 
Wisconsin, 2 — 33. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts r 1; 
Virginia, 15—29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

Fur Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

While this vote was pending, the New York delegation, by permission, 
retired for consultation. 

The convention then proceeded to the forty-third ballot, which resulted 
as follows: 

Forty -third Ballot. 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 2; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 5; Indiana, 
13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4—101. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Con- 
necticut, 6; New York, 24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 
10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5 — 91. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2—33. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 
1; Virginia, 15— 29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 



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The convention then proceeded to the forty-fourth ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows: 

Forty-fourth Ballot, 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 2; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 5; Indiana, 
13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 101. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Con- 
necticut, 6; New York, 24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 
10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 5 — 91. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York y 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 2; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2;- Wisconsin, 2—33. 

For Frankliti Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 
1; Virginia, 15—29. 

For Jam,es Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4--5. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

The convention then proceeded to the forty-fifth ballot, which resulted 
as follows: 

Forty-fifth Ballot. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Con- 
necticut, 6; New York, 24; New Jersey, 7; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 
10, Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 11 — 97. 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 2; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 8; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 12; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 
9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 96. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2—32. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 
1; Virginia, 15— 29. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida,- 1. 

A motion was here made to adjourn till 4 o'clock p. m., which was lost. 

The convention then proceeded to take the forty-sixth ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows: 

Forty-sixth Ballot. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Con- 
necticut, 6; New York, 25; ISew Jersey, 7; Delaware, 1; North Caro- 
lina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 10 — 98. 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 2; New York, 9; Delaware, 3; Mary- 
land, 3; Louisiana, (5; Ohio, 18; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; 
Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 78. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 
1; Alary land, 3; Virginia, 15; Kentucky, 12—44. 



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For Stephen A. Douglas— Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 3; Tennessee, 1 ; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2—32. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1 — 28. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, I . 

For William R. King — Tennessee, 1. 

Pending the call of the roll, 

Mr. Merriwether, on the part of the Kentucky delegation, asked and 
obtained leave for the delegation to retire. 

After a few moments the delegation returned and gave the vote of Ken- 
tucky for Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 

The convention then proceeded to take the forty-seventh ballot, which 
resulted as follows: 

Forty-seventh Ballot. 

Fbr William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 8; "Rhode Island, 2; Connec- 
ticut, 6 ; New York, 24 ; New Jersey, 7 ; Maryland, 1 ; North Carolina, 
10; Georgia, 10; Alabama. 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 11 — 95. 

For Lewis Cass — Rhode Island, 2; New York, 10; Delaware, 3; 
Maryland, 1; Louisiana, 6 ; Ohio, 16; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michi- 
gan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wisconsin, 3; California, 4 — 75 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 
4; Maryland, 5; Virginia, 15; Kentucky, 12 — 49. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 
1; Ohio, 4; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 
2; Wisconsin, 2—33. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1 — 28. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 5. 

For Linn Boyd — Ohio, 1. 

For William O. Butler — Ohio, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1 . 

General Wilson, of Ohio, moved an adjournment till 4 o'clock this 
evening, saying that he did so because it was evident that the delegations 
wished to consult together. 

New York claimed a vote by States on the adjournment. 

The question was then taken by States on the adjournment; but be- 
fore the roll was concluded, the affirmative gave up the question, and the 
adjournment was negatived . 

The convention then proceeded to take the forty-eighth ballot, which re- 
sulted as follows: 

Forty-eighth Ballot. 

For William L. Marcy — Massachusetts, 6; Connecticut, 6; New York, 
24; New Jersey, 7; Maryland, 1; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Ala- 
bama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Tennessee, 9 — 89. 

For Lewis Cass — New York, 10; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 1; Louis- 
iana, 6; Ohio, 15; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 6; Iowa, 2; Wis- 
consin^; California, 4 — 72. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Massachusetts, 6; 
Rhode Island, 4; Maryland, 5; Virginia, 15; Kentucky, 12—55. 



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Stephen A. Douglas — Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 1; 
Ohio, 4; Tennessee, 1; Illinois, 11; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 2; Iowa, 2; 
Wisconsin, 2—33. 

For James Buchanan — Pennsylvania, 27; Maryland, 1—28. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1 ; Tennessee, 1 ; Texas, 4 — 6. 

For Linn Boyd — Ohio, 2. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For R. J. Ingersoll — Tennessee, 1. 

For Daniel S. Dickinson — Florida, 1. 

INCIDENTS OF THE FORTY-NINTH BALLOT. 

The States being severally called in their order by the acting secretary, 
B. B. French, answered as follows: 

Maine — For Pierce, 8. 

New Hampshire — For Pierce, 5. 

Vermont — For Douglas, 5. 

Massachusetts being called, at first stated the vote as, for Gen. Pierce 
7, Marcy 5, and Douglas 1; but before the chairman (Col. Greene) had 
taken his seat, the vote was made unanimous, and he announced that 
Massachusetts casts her 13 votes for Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 

Rhode Isla?idgdLve her vote as before — for Gen. Pierce, 4. 

Connecticut changed her six votes from Marcy to Pierce. 

Nero York — For Cass, 10; Douglas, 1; Marcy, 24. 

New Jersey — Marcy, 7. 

Pennsylvania — For Buchanan, 27. 

Delaware — For Cass, 3. 

Maryland — For Cass, 1; Buchanan, 1; Marcy, 1; Pierce, 5. 

Virginia — For Pierce, 15. 

When the State of North Carolina was called, 

Mr. Dobbin, of North Carolina, said: Mr. President, pardon me for 
obtruding one word before North Carolina now casts her vote. We came 
to pander to np factious artifices here; to enlist under no man's banner at 
the hazard of principles ; to embark in no crusade to prostrate any aspirant 
for the sake of sectional or personal triumph. We came to select one in 
the array of noble spirits in our ranks to be our great leader and cham- 
pion in the glorious struggle for the great principles of democracy. Again 
and again have we tendered the banner to the North. Save our happy 
Union, guard well the rights of the States, say we, and you can have the 
honor of the standard-bearer. Zealously and sincerely have we pre- 
sented the name of Buchanan, that noble son of the Old Keystone, around 
whom the warmest affections of our hearts have so long clustered. We 
have turned to New York, and sought to honor one of her distinguished 
sons, whose splendid administrative powers have just been so faithfully 
eulogized by my friend from Mississippi. We now feel that in the midst 
of discord and distraction, the olive-branch, if tendered once more, can- 
not be neglected. We feel that the hour now has come when the spirit 
of strife must be banished, and have to reign in her place the mild and 
gentler and holier spirit of a liberal patriotism. Come, Mr. President, let 
us to the altar, and make our sacrifices for our country. We now propose, 
with other friends, the name of one who was in the field just long enough 
to prove himself a gallant soldier; who was in the councils just long 
enough to demonstrate that he is the statesman of the strong mind and 



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honest heart; who has exhibited to his countrymen, in his career of legis- 
lation, that he knew the rights of the South as well as the North, the 
East, and the West; whose sterling principles of democracy are strong, 
solid, and enduring, like the granite hills of his own New Hampshire 
home — General Franklin Pierce. Come, Mr. President, let us strike 
now — now — for harmony and conciliation, and save our principles and 
our country. [Cheers.] 

When Georgia was called, 

Mr. Solomon Cohen said: Georgia, sir, prompted by the same feeling 
which has animated all her sisters of the South, looking to the pure de- 
mocracy of the North for the bannered leader of our party, has rallied 
around every son of the North with the warmest affection, and with the 
sincerest desire to centre upon them as they have been presented to us, 
and she now sends unanimous greeting to the Granite State of the North. 
[Great cheering.] She sends her entire and unanimous voice there, and 
she trusts with confidence that it will reverberate from those hills, which 
are firm as the eternal hills themselves, the glad tidings of unanimity 
throughout the length and breadth of our common country. She unani- 
mously gives her ten votes for Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 
[Enthusiastic applause.] 

When Mississippi was called, 

Mr. W. Barksdale said: After full consultation and the maturest de- 
liberation, the Mississippi delegation have determined that it is their duty 
to their constituents, and to the great cause of democracy, to cast their 
votes for that noble and gallant son of New England, General Franklin 
Pierce, of New Hampshire. [Great cheering.] 

When Tennessee was called, 

Col. W. H. Polk said: Mr. President, Tennessee, sympathizing with 
Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, and her other sister States of the 
South, for the purpose of uniting this convention and securing a nomina- 
tion, has authorized me to cast her twelve votes for Franklin Pierce. 

The enthusiasm here became intense, and the continuous cheering 
rendered it almost impossible to hear what was said. Whilst the excite- 
ment was at its height, 

Mr. Grover, of New York, took the floor, and said: New York has 
voted upon this ballot; but feeling a spirit of kindness towards our southern 
friends for the gallant fight they have made for us, we ask leave, before 
the result of the ballot is announced, to withdraw from the convention 
for consultation. 

The delegation then withdrew, amidst deafening and protracted cheers. 

The Pennsylvania delegation next retired, and were almost immedi- 
ately followed by the delegation from Indiana. 

Mr. Phillips, of Alabama, next rose and said: Alabama, ever faithful, 
feeling that her interests and her destiny are identical with those of the 
great republican party, and that her heart is beating in unison with those 
of her sister States at the peace and harmony which pervades our body, 
withdraws her vote, and casts it for New Hampshire's gallant son. [Tre- 
mendous applause.] 

The Illinois delegation here withdrew for consultation. 

Vermont and ^\ew Jersey then changed their votes, and cast them fur 
Pierce, amidst a perfect hurricane of applause. 

When Arkansas was called, 

Mr. Burrow, of Arkansas, said: Arkansas has manifested her prefer- 



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ences by forty-nine successive ballots. Allow me to remark that my 
State is devoted to democracy in its purity — believing that a stage of pro- 
ceedings has been reached at which much good may be accomplished by 
a change of her vote. She is rejoiced now in this change to cast her vote 
still for one who enjoys her confidence and affection — one whose devo- 
tion to democracy is as fixed as his native hills. The flowery plains of 
the far distant South smile with sweet satisfaction upon the granite moun- 
tains of the North. Arkansas extends her hand and heart,, with hope of 
success, to a hero worthy of her devotion, and casts her vote for General 
Franklin Pierce; and whatever boasts may be made elsewhere, will give 
him a larger majority, in proportion to her population, than any State in 
the Union. 

Mr. J. D. Bright, of Indiana, obtained the floor, and said: From the 
first to the thirty-first balloting the delegation from the State of Indiana 
have cast their united vote, under the instructions of their State conven- 
tion, for one of her own favorite sons, General Joseph Lane. They have 
done so in good faith, believing that General Lane possessed all those 
elements of character necessary to make a successful candidate and a safe 
President, and well knowing that he would ever prove a true and faithful 
exponent of democratic principles. Had General Lane been as well 
known to the members of this convention generally as he is to the dele- 
gation who have so repeatedly given him their united vote, the result of 
that protracted struggle might have been different. Yesterday, at a late 
hour of the day, despairing of success, and feeling that we had done 
ample justice to our candidate and to the constituency we represented, the 
vote of Indiana was cast for General Lewis Cass — [applause] — the man, 
above all others, who, in my humble judgment, is more deeply anchored 
in the hearts of the iron-bound democracy of this country than any other 
now living. [Tremendous applause.] The delegation for which I speak 
yield up the claims of that distinguished man, sweating drops of blood, 
and with groans loud, deep, and long, if I may be allowed that expres- 
sion. [Continued applause.] 

They believe that the country owe General Cass more than any living 
man now in the democratic party; and I cannot change the vote of Indi- 
ana, as impatient as the convention must be to bring its deliberations to a 
close, without first paying a tribute to merit — to sterling merit — so richly 
deserved. [" Go on, go on."] 

When the black flag of fanaticism was raised in the North, and the cry 
went forth to strike down every public man of the free States who did 
not join in the war-cry upon the constitution and the rights of the States, 
General Lewis Cass stood forth a pillar of fire and light to guide, lead, 
and encourage the more timid and doubting. [Immense cheers.] His 
eloquence, his reasoning, his patriotism, his determined spirit, as ex- 
pressed to the legislative body that honored him with the seat in the 
United States Senate which he now occupies, caused that body to reverse 
its odious proviso instructions — an example that was followed by other 
States; and thus was this tide of fanaticism, which but a short time before 
threatened to inundate and destroy our country, turned back, and here 
to-day, instead of anarchy and civil discord, we have peace and union; 
and the stars and stripes that are now floating over the President's seat 
are recognised all over the world as the colors of the only true, great, 
united, happy, and free nation on earth. [Applause.] Had there been 



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no Lewis Cass in the Senate to bid the troubled waters "be still," our 
condition as a nation might, and in all probability would, have been dif- 
ferent. I turn, however, from this fruitful topic with the single remark, 
that " Republics are ungrateful. " 

A period has been reached in the deliberations of this convention which 
calls for a surrender of preferences, and none can make that surrender 
with a better grace, to promote the harmony of the democratic party and 
the success of her principles, than the democracy for which I am deputed 
to speak on this occasion. We have no objection to General Franklin 
Pierce, the distinguished son of that distinguished democratic State, New 
Hampshire; on the contrary, we can support him warmly, cordially, with 
all our hearts. General Pierce has been often weighed in the political 
balance, and never found wanting. His record while in the councils of 
the nation squared with the Jeffersonian standard. He was the compeer 
in arms of our favorite son, General Lane; both were alike distinguished 
for courage, patriotism, and devotion to country. In conclusion, I have 
only to say, that from high public considerations, and for the purpose and 
with the hope of again uniting the lion-hearted democracy of this coun- 
try, Indiana casts her mite — 13 votes — now, as she will in November 
next, as sure as the sun will rise and set on that day, for General Frank- 
lin Pierce. [Tremendous cheering.] 

Mr. Seymour, of New York, then said: May I be permitted, on behalf 
of a portion of the delegation from the State of New York, who have here- 
tofore in no degree occupied the attention of this convention, to make a 
few remarks, and submit a nomination on behalf of more than twenty of 
the delegates representing the State on this floor? [Cries of " leave! 
leave!" and cheers.] We have heretofore, during the balloting to deter- 
mine who should be presented to the people of this country as a candi- 
date for the presidency, voted for a distinguished citizen of our own 
State, and we thank those from the other and remote States, who have just 
given him so flattering an evidence of their appreciation of his character 
and worth. I now wish to withdraw the name of William L. Marcy from 
the canvass, for the purpose of presenting that of Franklin Pierce, of New 
Hampshire. [Tremendous applause.] 

That portion of the New York delegation who have heretofore concurred 
with me in the selection of a candidate are most anxious to bring the labor 
of this convention to a satisfactory conclusion. We have endeavored, 
from the beginning of the session of this convention, to promote the har- 
mony of its proceedings. I feel proud to stand here as one of the repre- 
sentatives of the united democratic party of the great State of New York. 
I am proud of the services which the democracy of our State have here- 
tofore rendered to our country in some of the most trying emergencies in 
its history. It is true, unfortunate dissensions have recently divided and 
defeated us. But it affords me heartfelt pride to say to the delegates 
assembled here from every section of our country, that the democratic 
party of New York is again united, and that it has been able to rescue 
our State from the domination of the whigs. I feel that 1 have a right 
to assure our friends in other States that New York will triumphantly 
sustain the nominees of this convention, whoever they may be, and that 
she will respond to any demands that may be made upon her by the de- 
mocracy of the nation. [Loud cheers.] 

At all times, irrespective of our unfortunate dissensions, the hearts of 
democrats in New York have throbbed in unison with those of demo- 



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crats elsewhere. The great masses of our party have always been demo- 
cratic in their feelings and sentiments, and they have entertained common 
political feelings, recollections, hopes, and fears. Their division into two 
conflicting organizations, by passing excitements and controversies, was 
as unnatural as the dividing of the waters of the Red sea, when they 
stood like walls, upon the right hand and upon the left; and like those 
waters, when the strong force of tempestuous passion ceased, the kindred 
element of democracy flowed together, and with their returning floods 
swallowed up the enemies of our party and its principles, as the waters 
of the sea swallowed up Pharaoh and his hosts. 

On behalf of the majority of the New York delegation, I nominate 
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, for the office of President. 

The Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson then rose, and was received with 
three hearty cheers. He said: Mr. President, the peculiar attitude of 
New York requires that all her difficulties should be stated. Sir, a few 
of the proudest moments of my life have been passed in this convention. 
One was, when that one vote from Florida was given all the time for me. 
Another was, when I had the vote of the Old Dominion for President of 
the United States, and the fair daughters of Maryland showered bouquets 
upon my head. [Cheering.] And another is, when I stand here now. 
Sir, New York has been here divided in her counsels, and, as she has 
been divided in her life, to carry out the figure, by reversing it, when 
peace and tranquillity succeed, she should also be divided in telling her 
story. Mr. President, no nomination could have been made, unless it 
was that of her own choice — that great and good man, to whom a portion 
of our democracy have adhered so faithfully — that could have been more 
gratifying to that section of our party than Franklin Pierce, of New 
Hampshire. [Loud and continued applause.] He has her choicest offer- 
ing. He has her remaining fifteen votes, [great cheering.] and he will 
have our entire electoral vote. Sir, I am authorized to pledge every dem- 
ocrat of that section of our democracy that they will come up to the 
great battle, and do their full share of the great work against our oppo- 
nents. May I congratulate the democracy of the country upon its auspi- 
cious choice? [Renewed cheers.] Are there not features and circum- 
stances in this convention that will authorize me to do so ? I come here 
in no vain, boasting spirit, but I come to tender to the democracy of the 
country the free-will offering of peace and good will. [Applause.] Al- 
though it cannot, perhaps, truly be said that Franklin Pierce is the first 
choice of New York, yet if not the first, choice of either section of our 
democracy, he is the second choice of both, and that makes him the first 
choice. [Cheers and laughter.] 

Colonel Black, of Pennsylvania, next addressed the convention, but, 
in consequence of the intense excitement and enthusiasm that prevailed, 
he was very imperfectly heard at the reporter's table. He was under- 
stood to say: I am requested by the Nestor of our column to speak, be- 
cause I have younger lungs than he has. I do not rise to cast the vote 
of Pennsylvania, but to express the feelings, the emotion, the deep and 
true devotion of Pennsylvania to the candidate of the democratic party. 
[Tremendous cheering.] Sir, we cast our vote with all the earnestness 
of a woman's fidelity; and we pledge our honor that, without faltering, 
without hesitation, with sleepless and unceasing energy, he shall be 
fought for in Pennsylvania. [Renewed and deafening applause.] He 



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is rightly named — Frank by name, and frank by nature. Franklin is 
his Christian name; his surname is Pierce; and when the flag of demo- 
cracy is to be raised, and the centre of whiggery to be broken, he will 
pierce it through and through. [Great cheering.] 

The person who addresses you was born and lives on the banks of the 
Monongahela river. The river bears an Indian name, of which the in- 
terpretation is, the river without an island. From its source in Virginia, 
to its termination at Pittsburg, the stream runs with a free current, know- 
ing no natural obstruction. This nomination sprang from Virginia, and 
through our hearts shall have a free course and a full flood. 

The gallant and unfaltering State, where the democratic ranks are 
never broken in the day of battle, has given another President to the 
Union. 

It was the custom of the Saracen, on the plains of the East, to hang his 
brightest diamonds on the outside front of his tent. There they reflected 
the brilliant beams of the sun by day, and the bright beauties of the moon 
by night. The principles of the democratic party are her jewels, and 
here, in their mountain home of the West, are hung shining and clear, 
in high places in our tents. 

The democracy of Pennsylvania hold principles higher than all other 
considerations. Men may die — but eternal years are the life-time of truth. 
We yield to the action of the convention not without sorrow, but never- 
theless a most willing obedience, and pledge a full and faithful struggle 
in every part of Pennsylvania to him whom the representatives of the 
people have chosen. It is an easy thing in the excitement and exhilira- 
tion of a heart thrilling with pleasure, to promise much that cannot be 
performed. But when men pledge themselves in sadness, they never 
fail. The subdued heart never keeps the word of promise to the ear and 
breaks it to the hope. 

Gov. Porter, chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation, then rose and 
said: I am instructed by a majority of the Pennsylvania delegation to re- 
cord the vote of the old Keystone State, twenty-seven votes, for Franklin 
Pierce. [Enthusiastic cheering.] 

In response to loud calls for " Ohio," 

Gen. Wilson, of that State, rose and said: It affords me pleasure to 
announce to the convention that the Ohio delegation wish to change their 
votes. [Cheers.] It is true that the Ohio delegation has been thus far 
somewhat divided. But we congratulate the members of the convention 
on the symptoms of harmony in the democratic party, and we undertake 
to say, that to that spirit of harmony and unanimity the democracy of 
Ohio will be found to respond. [Applause.] Although we have gone 
with the Northwest thus far, we are sons of New England in Ohio, and 
we are ready to respond to the nomination of the distinguished statesman 
of New Hampshire. It affords me pleasure to say, that Ohio gives seven- 
teen votes for Franklin Pierce, [cheers,] two for Cass, one for Butler, 
one for Houston, and two for Douglas. 

At this moment the Illinois delegation returned. 

Mr. Richardson said: The delegation from the State of Illinois have 
presented one of her sons, and have cast their votes for him in accord- 
ance with the wishes of the entire democracy of that State. We are re- 
joiced that the time has come when our bickerings have all ceased, and 
we unite with the great democratic party in casting our votes for Franklin 



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Pierce, of New Hampshire. [Great cheering.] Mr. President, in all time 
past, in the struggles of party, the State from which we come has never 
yet bent her knee to our opponents. In the darkest hour that fell upon 
our fortunes, she has stood firm to the democratic cause. Set her down 
now for our nominee and for our principles at fifteen thousand majority. 
[Tremendous cheering.] 

When Louisiana was called, the Hon. Pierre Soule addressed the 
convention as follows: 

Mr. President: In the name of Louisiana, whose organ I am happy to 
be upon this occasion, I have to state to this convention that she feels proud 
that, in the course she has pursued in this exciting and important can- 
vass, she has shown with what tenderness she could extend her hand to 
her brethren of the North. [Applause.] We have stood firmly by them, 
from the beginning of the contest to the last, faithful to the mandate we 
received at the hands of our constituency. 

But, sir, now that a new name has been presented to this convention, 
uniting, as we see it does, not only the confidence but the affections of 
the entire democratic party — when we see by the vote which has already 
been cast you have actually elected the next President of the United 
States, [tremendous cheers,] Louisiana cannot be, nor wishes she to be, 
recreant to the call. [Applause.] We come to you not only with these 
now insignificant votes of ours, but we come with hearts that will do 
good service in the coming contest. [Renewed applause.] Sir, I rejoice 
to see these unerring indications of that harmony amongst us which will 
appal and crush our opponents. I give the six votes of my State for 
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 

Michigan was next called ; whereupon 

Gov. McClelland said: Mr. President, we have come into this conven- 
tion and presented the name of a man who needs no eulogy from me, nor 
any other monument than that which is erected to him in every patriotic 
bosom among the people of these United States. [Loud and protracted 
applause.] I can say for him, that no man can be more obliged to his 
friends who have supported and sustained him here, and no man will 
sooner forget the injuries that some may consider to have been inflicted 
upon him by those who have been opposed to him. Sir, we not only 
give the nominee of this convention our votes now, but we will give him 
a larger majority in the State of Michigan, in the ensuing election, than 
she ever gave to a democratic candidate for President before. [Great en- 
thusiasm.] I will say further, that the man for whom the Michigan del- 
egation are now to cast their votes is particularly acceptable to the candi- 
date for whom we have thus far voted. Sir, I pledge Gen. Cass to a most 
cordial and warm support of Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. [Great 
applause.] I now, in pursuance of the unanimous voice of the delegation 
of Michigan, cast her six votes for Franklin Pierce. 

Dr. Worrell, of Delaware, rising, said: The blue hen's chicken is 
here. [Laughter and cheers.] This convention knows that we have 
stood by General Cass, the man whom we loved above all others until 
we found we could do nothing for him; and now, when the democracy 
of these great United States have proclaimed in favor of the gallant son 
of the Granite State, Delaware comes with her meagre three to join her 
link in the chain of democracy, that it may wind around this whole 
country, enfolding the whigs in its unbending strength, and crush them 



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to the ground in spite of "fuss and feathers" and all. [Great cheering, 
and laughter.] 

When Florida was called, 

Mr. King said: In behalf of the delegation from Florida, I have to say 
that, from the first to the last ballot we have been divided — a portion of 
the delegation giving their votes for a son of New York, and a portion for 
a son of Illinois. Sir, I am happy to announce to this convention that 
we are no longer divided. There has been a name brought forward here 
which calls forth our warmest sympathy and attachment. Upon it we 
can unite; and with the same fidelity with which we have supported our 
favorite candidates, we will now unite our forces to support the son of 
New England. Sir, from Florida — remote Florida — from the land of the 
orange and of the vine, from the land of everglades, we stretch our hands 
across this broad Union to the granite and snow-clad hills of New Eng- 
land, and cordially embrace the hand of Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp- 
shire. [Cheers.] 

When the State of Texas was called, 

Gen. Rusk said: Texas has no speech to make. She only claims the 
privilege of carrying the banner at the election in November next, when 
she will cast thousands of voles, as she does now her four votes, for 
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. [Cheers.] 

Mr. Bradley, of Iowa, said: Like the delegation from Florida, we 
have been divided since we commenced balloting, but we are now united 
and most heartily and cheerfully join in the nomination of New England's 
favorite son, Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, for whom we will roll 
up a handsome majority west of the Mississippi in the approaching elec- 
tion. 

[Cries of " Where is Wisconsin?''] 

Mr. Delaney. Wisconsin echoes back the name of Franklin Pierce, 
of New Hampshire. [Great cheering.] 

[A voice: " Now for the Golden State," and tremendous cheering.] 

Mr. Richardson, of California, thereupon said: We did not come here 
to make long speeches. We are for voting, not talking. We cast our 
four votes for the choice of the democracy — Franklin Pierce. [Cheers.] 

Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, then arose, the States having all voted, 
and by anticipation, as far as he might do, pledged South Carolina for 
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 

The convention then proceeded to take the forty-ninth ballot, which 
resulted as follows: 

Forty-ninth and last Ballot. 

For Franklin Pierce — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Vermont, 5 j Mas- 
sachusetts, 13; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 6, New York, 35; New 
Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 5; Virginia, 15; 
North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 
6; Ohio, 17; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 12; Indiana, 13; Illinois, 11; 
Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Michigan, 6; Florida, 3; Texas, 4; Iowa, 4; 
Wisconsin, 5; California, 4 — 283. 

For Lewis Cass — Ohio, 2. 

For Stephen A. Douglas — Ohio, 2. 

For William O. Butler— Ohio, 1. 

For Samuel Houston — Ohio, 1. 



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The President (Hon. J. W. Davis) then announced the vote as fol- 
lows: 

" For General Franklin PiercIe, (God bess him!)" - 283 
Scattering ------ 6 

The President then said: General Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp- 
shire, having received two-thirds of all the votes, I declare him the can- 
didate of the democratic party for the presidency of the United States 
for the ensuing term. 

On motion, the convention adjourned, to meet at 4 o'clock p. m. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 

The convention met at 4 o'clock, p. m. 

Mr. Brown, of Tennessee, on behalf of the Committee on Resolutions, 
asked leave to submit their report, which he had been directed, unani- 
mously, to present to the convention; and moved that it be read. 

Objection was made by several members, until a candidate for Vice 
President should be nominated. 

Mr. Brown called for a vote by States on the reception of the report, 
when the objection was withdrawn; and the report of the Committee on 
Resolutions was submitted, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. 

BALLOTING ON NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT. 

The convention, by unanimous consent, proceeded to nominate a can- 
didate for Vice President of the United States. 

Maine being first called, the chairman of her delegation said that they 
felt some delicacy in naming any man for the office of Vice President 
under the circumstances, and were willing that their southern friends 
should have their choice: He felt sure that the northern democracy 
would support with enthusiasm and unanimity any democrat whom the 
South might present. Without knowing what might be the choice of 
their southern friends, and although they might commit a mistake, yet, 
as at present advised, they would give their eight votes for William R. 
King, of Alabama. 

The delegation from Kentucky, by permission, retired for consultation. 

During the pause in the taking of the ballot the following despatches 
were read to the convention: 

From Stephen A. Douglas. — "I congratulate the democratic party 
upon the nomination, and Illinois will give Franklin Pierce a larger ma- 
jority than any other State in the Union." 

From General Cass. — "A good nomination, that of Gen. Pierce. 
I shall support it heartily." 

From General Houston. — "An excellent nomination 3 it will unite the 
whole democracy." 

From democrats of Washington city. — M Nine cheers for Franklia 
Pierce." 

Their reception is shown in the despatch sent in reply, which was as 
follows: 

" Convention, quarter to 5, p. m. — To Messrs. Cass, Douglas, Hous- 
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ton, and the democrats of Washington city: Your despatches received 
with nine cheers by the convention — repeated by the galleries. 

" H. HIBBARD/' 

The following is the result of the first ballot for Yice President: 
First Ballot for Vice President. 

For William, R. King — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 3; Rhode Island, 
4; Connecticut, 6; New York, 18; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Maryland, 8; Virginia, 15; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi. 7; 
Florida, 3—125. 

For S. W. Downs— New York, 1; Louisiana, 6; Indiana, 13; Michi- 
gan, 6; Texas, 4—30. 

For John B. Wetter— New York, 1; Ohio, 23; California, 4—28. 

For Gideon J. Pillow — New York, 5; Tennessee, 12; Illinois, 4; Ar- 
kansas, 4 — 25. 

For David R. Atchison— Illinois, 7; Missouri, 9; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 
5-25. 

For Robert Strange — Massachusetts, 10; New York, 3; North Caro- 
lina, 10—23. 

For William O. Butler — New Hampshire, 2; Vermont, 5; Massachu- 
setts, 3; Delaware, 3 — 13. 

For Thomas J. Rusk— New York, 1; Kentucky, 12 — 13. 

For Jefferson Davis — New York, 2. 

For Howell Cobb— New York, 2. 

Before the result was announced, Mr. Richardson Scurry, of Texas, 
stated that he had been requested by General Rusk to withdraw his name 
irom the canvass, and tendered his thanks and those of the State of Texas 
for the honor conferred. 

Illinois then changed seven of her eleven votes from General Rusk to 
Hon. D. R. Atchison, of Missouri. 

The Kentucky delegation here returned, and being called upon to vote, 

Mr. Merriwether stated that he had been instructed to withdraw the 
name of William O. Butler, and to cast the vote of Kentucky for General 
Rusk, of Texas. 

The President stated that the name of General Rusk had been with- 
drawn. 

Mr. Merriwether. I have been so instructed to vote. At the next 
ballot the vote of Kentucky can be changed, if it is thought best. 

Gov. McClelland, of Michigan, then withdrew the vote of Michigan for 
General Butler, and gave it for General Downs. 

Mr. Elias Brown, of Maryland, withdrew the vote of that State from 
General Butler, and gave it to Colonel King. 

The first ballot was then announced as above. 

The convention then proceeded to a second ballot for a nominee for the 
office of Vice President of the United States, with the following result: 

Second Ballot for Vice President. 

For William R. King— Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Vermont, 5; 
Massachusetts, 13; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 6; New York, 35; 



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New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Virginia, 
15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Louis- 
iana, 6; Ohio, 23; Kentucky, 12; ^Tennessee, 12; Indiana, 13; Missouri, 
9; Arkansas, 4; Michigan, 6; Florida, 3; Texas, 4; Iowa, 4; Wiscon- 
sin, 5; California, 4 — 277. 

For Jefferson Davis — Illinois, 11 . 

When the State of Illinois was called upon to vote, and had voted for 
Colonel Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, 

The ch airman of the Mississippi delegation withdrew his name; and 
thanking those who had given him their votes for the honor they had 
thus conferred, he proceeded to make a few further remarks, but they were 
inaudible at the reporter's table. 

The State of Illinois preferred not to change their vote. 

The Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, was therefore declared to be 
the nominee of the Democratic National Convention for the office of Vice 
President of the United States. 

This announcement was received with three cheers by the convention 
and the galleries. 

On motion of Mr. Black, of Pennsylvania, the convention then, by 
a unanimous vote, declared General Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, 
to be the unanimous choice of the convention for the candidate of the 
democratic party for the office of President of the United States, and the 
Hon. William R. King for Vice President of the United States. 

Three cheers were then given for the nominees. 

A telegraphic despatch from Steuben ville, Ohio, was read, dated June 5, 
three o'clock p. m., to the following effect: 

" We are now firing thirty-one rounds over Pierce's nomination." 

The reading of this despatch was received with loud cheers. 

PLATFORM OF RESOLUTIONS. 

Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina, moved that the report on resolutions 
be now taken from the table and read; which motion was carried. 

Mr. B. B. French, acting secretary of the convention, who had called 
off the ballotings with great distinctness, then read the resolutions in a 
clear voice, as follows: 

Resolved, That the American democracy place their trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, 
and the discriminating jus 1 ice of the American people. 

Resol.ed That we regard this as a distinctive feature of our political creed, which we are 
proud to maintain before the world as the great moral element in a form of government spring- 
ing from and upheld by the popular will ; and we contrast it with the creed and practice of 
federalism, under whatever name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, 
and which conceives no imposture too monstrous for the popular credulity. 

Resolved, therefore, That, entertaining these views, the democratic party of this Union, 
through their delegates assembled in a general convention, coming together in a spirit of 
concord, of devotion to the doctrines and faith of a free representative government, and appeal- 
ing to their fellow-citizens for the rectitude of their intentions, renew and reassert before the 
American people the declarations of principles avowed by them when, on former occasions, 
in general convention, they have presented their candidates for the popular suffrages : 

1. That the federal government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the consti- 
tution, and the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the depart- 
ments and agents of the government ; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise 
doubtful constitutional powers. 

2. That the constituiion does not confer upon the general government the power to com- 
mence and carry on a general system of internal improvements. 



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3. That the constitution does not confer authority upon the federal government, directly 
or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several States, contracted for local and internal im- 
provements or other State purposes ; nor would such assumption be just or expedient. 

4. That justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of 
industry to the detriment of any other, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury 
of another portion of our common country ; that every citizen, and every section of the coun- 
try, has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges, and to com- 
plete and ample protection of persons and property from domestic violence or foreign ag- 
gression. 

5. That it is the duty of every branch of the government to enforce and practise the most 
rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised 
than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the government, and for the gradual but 
certain extinction of the public debt. 

6. That Congress has no power to charter a national bank ; that we believe such an insti- 
tution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the country, dangerous to our republican 
institutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the business of the country 
within the control of a concentrated money power, and above the laws and the will of the 
people ; and that the results of democratic legislation, in this and all other financial measures 
upon which issues have been made between the two political parties of the country, have 
demonstrated, to candid and practical men of all parties, their soundness, safety, and utility in 
all business pursuits. 

7. That the separation of the moneys of the government from banking institutions is indis- 
pensable for the safety of the funds of the government and the rights of the people. 

8. That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, 
and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of 
the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal'principles in the democratic faith ; and 
every attempt to abridge the privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us, 
ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our 
statute-books. 

9. That Congress has no power under the constitution to interfere with or control the 
domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges 
of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the constitution ; that all 
efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of 
slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarm- 
ing and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to 
-diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, 
and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions. 

Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers and was intended to embrace the whole 
subject of slavery agitation in Congress ; and therefore the democratic party of the Union, 
standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts 
known as the compromise measures, settled by the last Congress, the "act for reclaiming fugi- 
tives from service or labor" included; which act, being designed to carry out an express 
provision of the constitution, cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed or so changed as to 
destroy or impair its efficiency. 

Resolved, That the democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or 
out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt 
may be made. 

Resolved, That the proceeds of the public lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national 
objects specified in the constitution ; and that we are opposed to any law for the distribution 
of such proceeds among the States, as alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant to the 
constitution. 

Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed to taking from the President the qualified veto 
power, by which he is enabled, under restrictions and responsibilities amply sufficient to 
guard the public interest, to suspend the passage of a bill whose merits cannot secure the 
approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, until the judgment of the 
people can be obtained thereon, and which has saved the American people from the corrupt 
and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United States, and from a corrupting system of 
general internal improvements. 

Resolved, That the democratic party will faithfully abide by and uphold the principles laid 
down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in the report of Mr. Madison 
to the Virginia legislature in 1799 ; that it adopts those principles as constituting one of 
the main foundations of its political creed, and is resolved to carry them out in their ob- 
vious meaning and import. 

Resolved, That the war with Mexico, upon all the principles of patriotism and the laws of 
nations, was a just and necessary war on our part, in which every American citizen should have 
shown himself on the side of his country, and neither morally nor physically, by word or deed, 
have given " aid and comfort to the enemy." 

Reso'ved, That we rejoice at the restoration of friendly relations with our sister republic of 
Mexico, and earnestly desire for her all the blessings and prosperity which we enjoy under re- 



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publican institutions; and we congratulate the American people upon the results of that war, 
which have so manifestly justified the policy and conduct of the democratic party, and insured 
to the United States " indemnity for the past and security for the future." 

Rrsolved, That, in view of the condition of popular institutions in the Old World, a high and 
sabred duty is devolved, with increased responsibility upon the democratic party of this country, 
as the party of the people, to uphold and maintain the rights of every State, and thereby the 
Union of the States, and to sustain and advance among us constitutional liberty, by continuing 
to resist all monopolies and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense of the 
many, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to those principles and compromises of the con- 
stitution, which are broad enough and strong enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it 
was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be, in the full expansion of the energies and 
capacity of this great and progressive people. 

When the fourth resolution, relating to the compromises and slavery- 
agitation, was read, the secretary was interrupted by the applause and 
cheering which followed. A call was made by several voices that it bo 
read over again; and it was again read by the secretary, and was fol- 
lowed by like expressions of approval. 

The resolutions having been read, 

Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina, thereupon moved their adoption, and 
demanded the previous question. 

The motion for the previous question was put and sustained; and the 
main question was then put by the Chair, " Shall the resolutions pass as 
the sense of this convention?" which motion the Chair announced was 
unanimously carried. 

Mr. Dickinson, of New York, moved that a committee of five be ap- 
pointed by the President of the convention to inform the candidates nom- 
inated for President and Vice President of the United States of their 
nomination by this convention, and request their acceptance; which 
motion was adopted. 

Mr. Irwin (1st vice president) being in the chair, announced that the 
committee would be named by the President, who was not then present. 
[This resolution, when reduced to writing in pencil, and handed to the 
President of the convention, appeared endorsed, " offered by Mr. Corning, 
of New York," but not in that gentleman's hand- writing.] 

The President subsequently announced the committee as follows: 

Erastus Corning, of New York; J. S. Barbour, of Virginia; Jacob 
Thompson, of Mississippi; Robert McClelland, of Michigan; and Pierre 
Soule, of Louisiana. 

MODE OF CONSTITUTING AND CALLING FUTURE CONVENTIONS. 

Mr. Hallett, of Massachusetts, (chairman of the committee on the place 
of holding, and the mode of constituting and calling the next Democratic 
National Convention) made a report, by direction of the committee, recom- 
mending the adoption of the following resolutions, which he advocated; 
and then moved the adoption of the report, which is as follows: 

Resolved, That the next Democratic National Convention be held at Cincinnati, in the State 
of Ohio. 

Resolved, That, in constituting future National Conventions of the democratic party, in 
order to secure the respective rights of the States to their relative representation in such con- 
ventions, each State shall be entitled to twice the number of delegates that it has votes in the 
electoral college, and no more; and that the Democratic National Committee, in making arrange- 
ments for the next National Convention, provide such number of seats therein for each State, 
and secure the same to the delegates elect. 

R'SGlued, That the time of holding the next convention be designated by the Democratic 
National Committee; and that, in their call, the above resolution be inserted as the rule for 
choosing delegates. 

Objections being made to the second resolution, 



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Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, requested the gentleman from Massachu- 
setts to withdraw that part of the resolutions which related to the number 
of delegates. 

Mr. Hallett declined withdrawing that portion of the report, and ex- 
plained that it was indispensable, as a principle of State-rights, to prescribe 
and adhere to a limitation of delegates relatively equal in all the States, 
or it would be impracticable ever again to hold a deliberative convention, 
if the States were to send delegates without limitation. If one State sent 
an excess of fifty or a hundred, all the States would claim to exercise the 
same right. 

Mr. Scott, of Virginia, and Mr. Brown, of Maryland, opposed the 
resolution. 

Mr. xMcCook, of Ohio, advocated it. 

A delegate from Virginia moved to lay the report of the committee on 
the table, which was subsequently modified to a motion to lay upon the 
table that part of the report limiting the number of delegates. 

The Chair stated the question to be upon laying upon the table so 
much of the report as related to the number of delegates that each State 
was to send to the next National Convention. 

Upon that question a vote by States was demanded; and the question 
being taken by calling the States, the motion was lost— yeas 136, nays 
152, as follows: 

Yeas — Maine, 7; New Hampshire, 5; Vermont, 5; Pennsylvania, 27; 
Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 
6; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 12; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 3; 
California, 4— -136. 

Nays — Maine, 1; Massachusetts, 13; Rhode Island, 4; Connecticut, 6; 
New York, 35; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Alabama, 9; 
Ohio, 23; Indiana, 13; Illinois, 11; Michigan, 6; Texas, 4; Iowa, 4; 
Wisconsin, 5 — 152. 

The question then recurred upon adopting the report of the committee; 
and upon that motion the previous question was called for and seconded, 
and the main question ordered to be put. 

Ohio demanded the vote by States; and the question being taken by 
States, the resolutions, as reported by the committee, were adopted — yeas 
195, nays 68, as follows: 

Yeas^ — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Vermont, 5; Massachusetts, 13; 
New York, 36; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 27; Delaware, 3; Ohio, 24; 
Kentucky, 12; Indiana, 13; Illinois, 13; Missouri, 9; Michigan, 3; Texas, 
4; Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 5; California, 4 — 195. 

Nays — Maryland, 8; Virginia, 15; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 10; 
Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Louisiana, 6; Florida, 3 — 68. 

Mr. Pratt (in behalf of the New York delegation) offered the follow- 
ing resolution; which was unanimously adopted: 

Resolved, That the thanks of this convention be, and they hereby are, given to the Mechanics* 
Institute for the use of their hall ; to the Committees of Arrangements and Reception for their 
unwearied exertions to make the convention comfortable during its session ; and to the citi- 
zens of Baltimore for their courtesy and kindness to the members individually. 

Mr. Wiggin, of Georgia, offered the following resolution; which was 
adopted: 

Rewired, That the unanimous thanks of this convention be extended to the Hon. John "W\ 
Davis, the presiding officer, and his able assistant, the Hon. Mr. Irwin, and all other officers, 
for the able, dignified, and efficient manner in which they have discharged their duties. 



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[The President (Hon. J. W. Davis) was not present, having been 
obliged to retire from the chair, in consequence of illness and hoarseness, 
on the last half day of the session.] 

On motion of Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, the convention adjourned 
sine die. 



DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. 

The following gentlemen were announced as members of the Democratic 
National Committee : 



Maine — Hastings Strickland. 
New Hampshire — C. G. Atherton. 
Vermont — David A. Smalley. 
Massachusetts — B. F. Hallett. 
Rhode Island — Welcome B. Sayies. 
Connecticut-Jlam.es T. Pratt. 
New York — John P. Beekman. 
New Jersey — Joseph C. Potts. 
Pennsylvania — James Campbell. 
Delaware — George R. Riddle. 
Majyland — Robert M. McLane. 
Virginia — William H. Clark. 
North Carolina — Warren Winslow. 
Georgia — S. T. Bailey. 
Alabama — Edward C. Betts. 



Mississippi — S. R. Adams. 
Louisiana — A . G. Penn. 
Ohio— Alfred P. Edgerton. 
Kentucky — Francis P. Stone. 
Tennessee — George W. Jones. 
Indiana — Alexander F. Morrison. 
Illinois — Isaac Cook. 
Missouri — Ferdinand Kennett. 
Arkansas — N. B. Burrow. 
Michigan— -T. T. Brodhead. 
Florida — Thomas Baltzell. 
Texas— James W. Scott 
Iowa — Joseph C. K. Napp. 
Wisconsin — Benj. L. Henning. 
California — William M. Gwin. 



APPENDIX. 



RECAPITULATION OF THE FORTY-NINE BALLOTS. 



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33 

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102 
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CORRESPONDENCE 



Letter to General Pierce. 

Concord, June 17, 1852. 

Sir: A National Convention of the democratic republican party, which 
met in Baltimore the first Tuesday in June, unanimously nominated you 
as a candidate for the high trust of President of the United States. 

We have been delegated to acquaint you with the nomination, and 
earnestly to request that you will accept if. Persuaded, as we are, that 
this office should not be pursued by an unchastened ambition, it can 
never be refused by a dutiful patriotism. 

The circumstances under which you will be presented for the canvass 
of your countrymen are propitious to the interests which the constitution 
entrusts to our federal Union, and must be auspicious to your own fame. 

You come before the people without the impulse of personal wishes, 
and free from all selfish expectations. You are identified with none of 
the distractions which have recently disturbed our country, whilst you 
are known to be faithful to the constitution — to all its guarantees and 
compromises. You will be free to exert your tried abilities, within the 
path of duty, in protecting that repose we happily enjoy, and in giving 
efficacy and control to those cardinal principles that have already illus- 
trated the party which has selected you as its leader — principles that 
regard the security and prosperity of the whole country, and the para- 
mount power of its laws, as indissolubly associated with the perpetuity 
of our civil and religious liberties. 

The convention did not pretermit the duty of reiterating those princi- 
ples, and you will find them prominently set forth in the resolutions it 
adopted. To these we respectfully invite your attention. 

It is firmly believed that to your talents and patriotism the security of 
our holy Union, with its expanded and expanding interests, may be wisely 
trusted, and that, amid all the perils which may assail the constitution, 
you will have the heart to love and the arm to defend it. 

With congratulations to you and the country upon this demonstration 
of its exalted regard, and the patriot hopes that cluster over it, we have 
the honor to be, with all respect, your fellow-citizens, 

J. S. BARBOUR, 
J. THOMPSON, 
ALPHEUS FELCH, 
PIERRE SOULE. 
Hon. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire. 



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General Pierce's Reply. 

Concord, (N. H.,) June 17, 1852. 

Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge your personal kindness 
in presenting to me this day your letter officially informing me of my 
nomination, by the Democratic National Convention, as a candidate for 
the presidency of the United States. 

The surprise with which I received the intelligence of the nomination 
was not unmingled with painful solicitude, and yet it is proper for me to 
say that the manner in which it was conferred was peculiarly gratifying. 
The delegation from New Hampshire, with all the glow of State pride 
and all the warmth of personal regard, would not have submitted my 
name to the convention, nor would they have cast a vote for me, under 
circumstances other than those which occurred. 

I shall always cherish with pride and gratitude the recollection of the 
fact that the voice which first pronounced for me — and pronounced alone — 
came from the mother of States — a pride -and gratitude rising far above 
any consequences that can betide me personally. 

May I not regard it as a fact pointing to the overthrow of sectional 
jealousies, and looking to the perennial life and vigor of a Union cemented 
by the blood of those who have passed to their reward — a Union wonder- 
ful in its formation, boundless in its hopes, amazing in its destiny ! ' I 
accept the nomination, relying upon an abiding devotion to the interests, 
the honor, and the glory of our whole country, but, beyond and above 
all, upon a Power superior to all human might — a Power which, from 
the first gun of the Revolution, in every crisis through which we have 
passed, in every hour of our acknowledged peril, when the dark clouds 
have shut down around us, has interposed, as if to baffle human wisdom, 
outmarch human forecast, and bring out of darkness the rainbow of 
promise. Weak myself, faith and hope repose there in security. I ac- 
cept the nomination upon the platform adopted by the convention, not 
because this is expected of me as a candidate, but because the principles it 
embraces command the approbation of my judgment; and with them I 
believe I can safely say there has been no word nor act of my life in 
conflict. 

I have only to tender my grateful acknowledgments to you, gentlemen, 
to the convention of which you were members, and to the people of our 
common country. 

I am, with the highest respect, your most obedient servant, 

FRANK. PIERCE. 

To Hon. J. S. Barbour, 
J. Thompson, 
Alpheus Felch, 
Pierre Soule. 



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Letter to Hon, William R. King. 

Washington, June 21, 1852. 

Sir: The democratic republican party, which met in convention at 
Baltimore the first of June, nominated you as its candidate in the ensu- 
ing election for the elevated office of Vice President of the United States. 
The duty of communicating it to you has been assigned to us, and we 
respectfully ask you to accept it. 

The length of your public life, and the virtue and ability which have 
characterized it, make you known to the whole country, and give both 
the Union and the States the acceptable assurance that to you may be 
well confided all the responsibilities of this high trust, whether they be 
immediate or contingent. The foreign and intestine trials through which 
our country has passed while you were in its service have proved that in 
every difficulty you were wise, temperate, and firm. Your labors have 
eminently tended to guard the rights of the States, and to protect the 
integrity and safety of the Union. The resolutions adopted by the con- 
vention set forth the cardinal principles of the republican school of politics, 
and your past fidelity to them does not allow us to doubt of your con- 
tinued devotion to these fundamental doctrines. It is this established 
fidelity — joined to a just appreciation of your practised abilities, your great 
experience, and your unsullied worth — which attracted to you the public 
mind, and awarded to you this distinguished proof of its unsolicited ap- 
probation. 

With all respect, your obedient servants, 

J. S. BARBOUR, 
J. THOMPSON, 
) ALPHEUS FELCH, 

PIERRE SOUJLE. 

Hon. W r iLLiAM R. King. 



Mr. King's Reply. 

Senate Chamber, June 22, 1852. 

Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 
notifying me that I have been nominated by the Democratic Convention 
as Vice President of the United States. 

This distinguished manifestation of the respect and confidence of my 
democratic brethren commands my most grateful acknowledgments, and 1 
cheerfully accept the nomination with which I have been honored. 



78 

Throughout a long public life I am not conscious that 1 have ever 
swerved from those principles which have been cherished and sustained 
by the democratic party; and in whatever situation I may be placed, my 
countrymen may rest assured that I shall adhere to them faithfully and 
zealously — perfectly satisfied that the prosperity of our common country 
and the permanency of our free institutions can be promoted and pre- 
served only by administering the government in strict accordance with 
them. 

The platform as laid down by the convention meets with my cordial 
approbation. It is national in all its parts; and I am content not only to 
stand upon it, but on all occasions to defend it. 

For the very flattering terms in which you have been pleased, gentle- 
men, to characterize my public services, I feel that I am indebted to the 
personal regard which I am proud to know you individually entertain for 
me, and that you greatly overrate them. The only merit 1 can lay claim 
to is an honest discharge of the duties of the various positions with which 
I have been honored. This I claim— nothing more. 

With the highest respect and esteem, I am, gentlemen, your fellow- 
citizen, 

WILLIAM R. KING. 

To Messrs. J. S. Barbour, 
J. Thompson, 
Alphetjs Felch, 
P. Soule. 



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